#8A42B7#8A42B7

#8A42B7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.182 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42B7
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 183)
HSL	hsl(277, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 63.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.34, 50.70, -49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.34, 70.96, 315.60°)
OKLab	oklab(52.49% 0.117 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(52.49% 0.182 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9750, 12.7190, 46.1406)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42B7 #6FB742

analogous

#5042B7 #8A42B7 #B742AA

triadic

#8A42B7 #B78A42 #42B78A

tetradic

#8A42B7 #B75042 #6FB742 #42AAB7

square

#8A42B7 #B75042 #6FB742 #42AAB7

split-complementary

#8A42B7 #AAB742 #42B750

monochromatic

#46225D #68328A #8A42B7 #A66CCA #C199DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#8A42B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8A42B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42B7

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42B7	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3265B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.182 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07bcd',
    500: '#8a42b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42b7;
$custom-light: #b07bcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52487,
    "c": 0.18249,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42B7

secondary

#A4C68F

accent

#D75185

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42B7

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

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