#8242D9#8242D9

#8242D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.217 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8242D9
RGB	rgb(130, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(265, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.73, 57.14, -67.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.73, 88.17, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% 0.1024 -0.1918)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.217 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6753, 13.6516, 67.0199)
Luminance	0.1365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8242D9 #99D942

analogous

#424ED9 #8242D9 #CD42D9

triadic

#8242D9 #D98242 #42D982

tetradic

#8242D9 #D9424E #99D942 #42D9CD

square

#8242D9 #D9424E #99D942 #42D9CD

split-complementary

#8242D9 #D9CD42 #4ED942

monochromatic

#481B86 #6425B9 #8242D9 #A475E3 #C5A8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#8242D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8242D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8242D9

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8242D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8242D9	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D6789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8242d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(130, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.217 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad7be6',
    500: '#8242d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8242d9;
$custom-light: #ad7be6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8242d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 130,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.43,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54021,
    "c": 0.21737,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8242D9

secondary

#C0DB9C

accent

#E93EA1

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8242D9

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

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