#8A42A7#8A42A7

#8A42A7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.166 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42A7
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 167)
HSL	hsl(283, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(283, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 60.5%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.36, 47.17, -41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.36, 62.99, 318.49°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% 0.1172 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.166 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4034, 12.0903, 37.8633)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42A7 #5FA742

analogous

#5742A7 #8A42A7 #A74291

triadic

#8A42A7 #A78A42 #42A78A

tetradic

#8A42A7 #A75742 #5FA742 #4291A7

square

#8A42A7 #A75742 #5FA742 #4291A7

split-complementary

#8A42A7 #91A742 #42A757

monochromatic

#421F4F #66317B #8A42A7 #A764C2 #C090D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#8A42A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8A42A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42A7

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42A7	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235DAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4164A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88546E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.166 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ac2',
    500: '#8a42a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42a7;
$custom-light: #af7ac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.772,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51464,
    "c": 0.16557,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42A7

secondary

#96BE86

accent

#D35579

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF7

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42A7

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

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