#8424D9#8424D9

#8424D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.246 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8424D9
RGB	rgb(132, 36, 217)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 83.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.88, 69.22, -73.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.88, 100.91, 313.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.38% 0.1291 -0.2099)
OKLCH	oklch(51.38% 0.246 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6679, 11.1769, 66.5953)
Luminance	0.1118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8424D9 #79D924

analogous

#2924D9 #8424D9 #D924D4

triadic

#8424D9 #D98424 #24D984

tetradic

#8424D9 #D92924 #79D924 #24D4D9

square

#8424D9 #D92924 #79D924 #24D4D9

split-complementary

#8424D9 #D4D924 #24D929

monochromatic

#441370 #641BA5 #8424D9 #A157E3 #BF8CEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#8424D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#8424D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8424D9

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8424D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8424D9	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#715982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8424d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 36, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.246 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06de6',
    500: '#8424d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8424d9;
$custom-light: #b06de6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8424d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.823,
    "s": 71.542,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51375,
    "c": 0.24642,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8424D9

secondary

#AAD683

accent

#EE3A8E

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EDFD

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120816

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8424D9

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

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