HEX atlas value

#8F00FF

#8F00FF is a cool purple HEX color nearest Cobalt Violet. RGB 143, 0, 255, HSL 274° 100% 50%, luminance 0.1306; view contrast and conversions.

purple cool vibrant

#8F00FF Sample readable text

HEX #8F00FF

RGB rgb(143, 0, 255)

HSL hsl(274 100% 50%)

CMYK cmyk(44, 100, 0, 0)

Luminance 0.1306

Contrast Black 3.61:1White 5.81:1

CSS

--color-8f00ff: #8F00FF;
.background-8f00ff { background-color: #8F00FF; }
.text-8f00ff { color: #8F00FF; }

HEX meaning and use

About #8F00FF

#8F00FF is classified as a cool purple value with vibrant visual character. #8F00FF is visually closest to Cobalt Violet, a named purple color with HEX #8F00FF.

The RGB channels are 143, 0, and 255, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 274deg with 100% saturation and 50% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.1306, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text3.61:1AA Fail

White text5.81:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #8F00FF needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000003.61:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF5.81:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#6EFF00#6EFF00 · #000000 text · best 15.97:1 #5C00A3#5C00A3 · #FFFFFF text · best 10.58:1 #1100FF#1100FF · #FFFFFF text · best 8.51:1 UV Purple#6F00FF · #FFFFFF text · best 6.73:1 Dark Violet#9400D3 · #FFFFFF text · best 6.56:1

Generated Palette

Cobalt Violet#8F00FF

#6EFF00#6EFF00

#1100FF#1100FF

#FF00EE#FF00EE

#B85CFF#B85CFF

#5C00A3#5C00A3

Color Harmonies

#6EFF00#6EFF00

#1100FF#1100FF

#FF00EE#FF00EE

#FF9100#FF9100

#00FF91#00FF91

Variants

#B85CFF#B85CFF

#5C00A3#5C00A3

#9000FF#9000FF

#8D1CE3#8D1CE3

#C689F5#C689F5

#A229FF#A229FF

Nearest Named Colors

Cobalt Violet#8F00FF

UV Purple#6F00FF

Dark Violet#9400D3

Electric Purple#BF00FF

Neon Purple#BC13FE

Luminance0.1306

Black text3.61:1AA Fail

White text5.81:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#8F00FF","rgb":[143,0,255],"hsl":[274,100,50],"cmyk":[44,100,0,0],"luminance":0.1306,"contrast":{"black":3.61,"white":5.81}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":3.61,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":5.81,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#6EFF00","hex":"#6EFF00","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.97,"contrastWhite":1.32,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#5C00A3","hex":"#5C00A3","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.98,"contrastWhite":10.58,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#1100FF","hex":"#1100FF","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.47,"contrastWhite":8.51,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"UV Purple","hex":"#6F00FF","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":3.12,"contrastWhite":6.73,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":[]},{"name":"Dark Violet","hex":"#9400D3","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":3.2,"contrastWhite":6.56,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool purple","vibrant","vibrant purple","Cobalt Violet adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/8f00ff.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cobalt-violet.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/uv-purple.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-violet.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#6EFF00","analogous":["#1100FF","#FF00EE"],"triadic":["#FF9100","#00FF91"],"tetradic":["#FF1100","#6EFF00","#00EEFF"],"splitComplementary":["#EEFF00","#00FF11"],"monochromatic":["#B85CFF","#8F00FF","#5C00A3"]}

Variants

{"light":"#B85CFF","dark":"#5C00A3","saturated":"#9000FF","desaturated":"#8D1CE3","pastel":"#C689F5","neon":"#A229FF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"cobalt-violet","name":"Cobalt Violet","hex":"#8F00FF","distance":0},{"slug":"uv-purple","name":"UV Purple","hex":"#6F00FF","distance":32},{"slug":"dark-violet","name":"Dark Violet","hex":"#9400D3","distance":44.28317965096906},{"slug":"electric-purple","name":"Electric Purple","hex":"#BF00FF","distance":48},{"slug":"neon-purple","name":"Neon Purple","hex":"#BC13FE","distance":48.85693400122443}]

#8F00FF

CSS

About #8F00FF

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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