#8A42A2#8A42A2

#8A42A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.160 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42A2
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 162)
HSL	hsl(285, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(285, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 59.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.07, 46.10, -39.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.07, 60.53, 319.61°)
OKLab	oklab(51.16% 0.1171 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(51.16% 0.16 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9501, 11.9090, 35.4759)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42A2 #5AA242

analogous

#5A42A2 #8A42A2 #A2428A

triadic

#8A42A2 #A28A42 #42A28A

tetradic

#8A42A2 #A25A42 #5AA242 #428AA2

square

#8A42A2 #A25A42 #5AA242 #428AA2

split-complementary

#8A42A2 #8AA242 #42A25A

monochromatic

#401F4B #653077 #8A42A2 #A862BF #C08ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#8A42A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8A42A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42A2

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42A2	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#295CA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4463A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89526C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.160 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7abe',
    500: '#8a42a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42a2;
$custom-light: #af7abe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51161,
    "c": 0.16033,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42A2

secondary

#92BC84

accent

#D25675

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF7

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42A2

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

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