#8F49E3#8F49E3

#8F49E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.222 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F49E3
RGB	rgb(143, 73, 227)
HSL	hsl(267, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(267, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 67.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 58.70, -67.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 89.21, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.1116 -0.1914)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.222 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5720, 16.1505, 74.3229)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F49E3 #9DE349

analogous

#4950E3 #8F49E3 #DC49E3

triadic

#8F49E3 #E38F49 #49E38F

tetradic

#8F49E3 #E34950 #9DE349 #49E3DC

square

#8F49E3 #E34950 #9DE349 #49E3DC

split-complementary

#8F49E3 #E3DC49 #50E349

monochromatic

#53189A #6F20CF #8F49E3 #B07EEB #D0B3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#8F49E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8F49E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F49E3

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F49E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F49E3	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f49e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 73, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.222 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b681ed',
    500: '#8f49e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f49e3;
$custom-light: #b681ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f49e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57044,
    "c": 0.2216,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F49E3

secondary

#C7E2A6

accent

#F0389C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F49E3

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

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