#8A42B5#8A42B5

#8A42B5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.180 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42B5
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 181)
HSL	hsl(278, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 63.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.21, 50.25, -48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.21, 69.96, 315.92°)
OKLab	oklab(52.36% 0.1171 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(52.36% 0.18 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7684, 12.6363, 45.0521)
Luminance	0.1264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42B5 #6DB542

analogous

#5042B5 #8A42B5 #B542A6

triadic

#8A42B5 #B58A42 #42B58A

tetradic

#8A42B5 #B55042 #6DB542 #42A6B5

square

#8A42B5 #B55042 #6DB542 #42A6B5

split-complementary

#8A42B5 #A6B542 #42B550

monochromatic

#46215B #683288 #8A42B5 #A66BC9 #C198D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8A42B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8A42B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42B5

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42B5	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0560B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3465B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.180 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07bcc',
    500: '#8a42b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42b5;
$custom-light: #b07bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.565,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52355,
    "c": 0.18036,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42B5

secondary

#A2C58E

accent

#D65283

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42B5

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

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