#8E47E8#8E47E8

#8E47E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.229 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E47E8
RGB	rgb(142, 71, 232)
HSL	hsl(266, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 69.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, 60.66, -70.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 92.75, 310.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% 0.1114 -0.2002)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.229 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9704, 16.0831, 77.9590)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E47E8 #A1E847

analogous

#4750E8 #8E47E8 #DF47E8

triadic

#8E47E8 #E88E47 #47E88E

tetradic

#8E47E8 #E84750 #A1E847 #47E8DF

square

#8E47E8 #E84750 #A1E847 #47E8DF

split-complementary

#8E47E8 #E8DF47 #50E847

monochromatic

#5214A1 #6E1BD7 #8E47E8 #AF7DEF #D1B4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#8E47E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#8E47E8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E47E8

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E47E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E47E8	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e47e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 71, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.229 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b680f0',
    500: '#8e47e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e47e8;
$custom-light: #b680f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e47e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.46,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5707,
    "c": 0.22915,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E47E8

secondary

#C9E5A6

accent

#F4349F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E47E8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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