#8A42B4#8A42B4

#8A42B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.179 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42B4
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 180)
HSL	hsl(278, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 63.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.15, 50.03, -48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.15, 69.46, 316.08°)
OKLab	oklab(52.29% 0.1171 -0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(52.29% 0.179 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6661, 12.5954, 44.5137)
Luminance	0.1260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42B4 #6CB442

analogous

#5142B4 #8A42B4 #B442A5

triadic

#8A42B4 #B48A42 #42B48A

tetradic

#8A42B4 #B45142 #6CB442 #42A5B4

square

#8A42B4 #B45142 #6CB442 #42A5B4

split-complementary

#8A42B4 #A5B442 #42B451

monochromatic

#45215A #683287 #8A42B4 #A66BC9 #C197D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#8A42B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#8A42B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42B4

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42B4	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0860B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3565B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.179 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7bcb',
    500: '#8a42b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42b4;
$custom-light: #af7bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52289,
    "c": 0.1793,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42B4

secondary

#A2C58D

accent

#D65283

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42B4

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

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