#8A42A3#8A42A3

#8A42A3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.161 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42A3
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 163)
HSL	hsl(285, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(285, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 59.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.13, 46.31, -39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.13, 61.02, 319.37°)
OKLab	oklab(51.22% 0.1171 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(51.22% 0.161 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0393, 11.9447, 35.9459)
Luminance	0.1194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42A3 #5BA342

analogous

#5942A3 #8A42A3 #A3428C

triadic

#8A42A3 #A38A42 #42A38A

tetradic

#8A42A3 #A35942 #5BA342 #428CA3

square

#8A42A3 #A35942 #5BA342 #428CA3

split-complementary

#8A42A3 #8CA342 #42A359

monochromatic

#401F4C #653077 #8A42A3 #A863C0 #C08ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#8A42A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8A42A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42A3

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42A3	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#285DA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4363A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89526C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.161 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7abf',
    500: '#8a42a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42a3;
$custom-light: #af7abf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.536,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51221,
    "c": 0.16138,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42A3

secondary

#93BC84

accent

#D25676

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF7

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42A3

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

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