#8A42B2#8A42B2

#8A42B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.177 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42B2
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 178)
HSL	hsl(279, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 62.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.02, 49.58, -47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.02, 68.46, 316.41°)
OKLab	oklab(52.16% 0.1172 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(52.16% 0.177 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4638, 12.5145, 43.4484)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42B2 #6AB242

analogous

#5242B2 #8A42B2 #B242A2

triadic

#8A42B2 #B28A42 #42B28A

tetradic

#8A42B2 #B25242 #6AB242 #42A2B2

square

#8A42B2 #B25242 #6AB242 #42A2B2

split-complementary

#8A42B2 #A2B242 #42B252

monochromatic

#452159 #673185 #8A42B2 #A66AC8 #C196D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#8A42B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8A42B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42B2

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42B2	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F60B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3765AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.177 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7bca',
    500: '#8a42b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42b2;
$custom-light: #af7bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52159,
    "c": 0.17718,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42B2

secondary

#A0C48C

accent

#D65281

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42B2

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

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