#8F4EC9#8F4EC9

#8F4EC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.187 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F4EC9
RGB	rgb(143, 78, 201)
HSL	hsl(272, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(272, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 61.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.32, 49.99, -53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.32, 73.36, 312.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.87% 0.1084 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(55.87% 0.187 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5924, 15.5056, 56.9443)
Luminance	0.1550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F4EC9 #88C94E

analogous

#514EC9 #8F4EC9 #C94EC6

triadic

#8F4EC9 #C98F4E #4EC98F

tetradic

#8F4EC9 #C9514E #88C94E #4EC6C9

square

#8F4EC9 #C9514E #88C94E #4EC6C9

split-complementary

#8F4EC9 #C6C94E #4EC951

monochromatic

#512578 #7033A7 #8F4EC9 #AD7DD7 #CAACE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#8F4EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#8F4EC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F4EC9

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F4EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F4EC9	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#086CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#336EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f4ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 78, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.187 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b483da',
    500: '#8f4ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f4ec9;
$custom-light: #b483da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f4ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.707,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55873,
    "c": 0.18653,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F4EC9

secondary

#B8D39F

accent

#DD4B90

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F4EC9

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

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