#8A42A9#8A42A9

#8A42A9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.168 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42A9
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 169)
HSL	hsl(282, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(282, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 60.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.48, 47.60, -42.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.48, 63.98, 318.07°)
OKLab	oklab(51.59% 0.1172 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(51.59% 0.168 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5897, 12.1649, 38.8445)
Luminance	0.1216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42A9 #61A942

analogous

#5642A9 #8A42A9 #A94294

triadic

#8A42A9 #A98A42 #42A98A

tetradic

#8A42A9 #A95642 #61A942 #4294A9

square

#8A42A9 #A95642 #61A942 #4294A9

split-complementary

#8A42A9 #94A942 #42A956

monochromatic

#422051 #66317D #8A42A9 #A765C3 #C091D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#8A42A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#8A42A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42A9

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42A9	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#205EAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F64A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87546F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.168 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ac3',
    500: '#8a42a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42a9;
$custom-light: #af7ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.942,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51587,
    "c": 0.16767,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42A9

secondary

#98C087

accent

#D4547B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42A9

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

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