#8A42B1#8A42B1

#8A42B1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.176 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42B1
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 177)
HSL	hsl(279, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 62.7%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.96, 49.36, -46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.96, 67.96, 316.58°)
OKLab	oklab(52.09% 0.1172 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(52.09% 0.176 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3638, 12.4745, 42.9215)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42B1 #69B142

analogous

#5342B1 #8A42B1 #B142A0

triadic

#8A42B1 #B18A42 #42B18A

tetradic

#8A42B1 #B15342 #69B142 #42A0B1

square

#8A42B1 #B15342 #69B142 #42A0B1

split-complementary

#8A42B1 #A0B142 #42B153

monochromatic

#442158 #673184 #8A42B1 #A669C7 #C196D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#8A42B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#8A42B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42B1

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42B1	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#125FB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3864AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.176 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7bc9',
    500: '#8a42b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42b1;
$custom-light: #af7bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.919,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52094,
    "c": 0.17612,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42B1

secondary

#9FC38B

accent

#D55280

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42B1

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

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