#8A42B6#8A42B6

#8A42B6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.181 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42B6
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 182)
HSL	hsl(277, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 63.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.27, 50.47, -49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.27, 70.46, 315.76°)
OKLab	oklab(52.42% 0.117 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(52.42% 0.181 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8713, 12.6775, 45.5944)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42B6 #6EB642

analogous

#5042B6 #8A42B6 #B642A8

triadic

#8A42B6 #B68A42 #42B68A

tetradic

#8A42B6 #B65042 #6EB642 #42A8B6

square

#8A42B6 #B65042 #6EB642 #42A8B6

split-complementary

#8A42B6 #A8B642 #42B650

monochromatic

#46215C #683289 #8A42B6 #A66CCA #C199DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#8A42B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8A42B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42B6

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42B6	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0161BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3365B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.181 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07bcc',
    500: '#8a42b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42b6;
$custom-light: #b07bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5242,
    "c": 0.18142,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42B6

secondary

#A3C68E

accent

#D65184

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42B6

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

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