#8A42BA#8A42BA

#8A42BA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.186 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42BA
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 186)
HSL	hsl(276, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 64.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.53, 51.38, -51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.53, 72.46, 315.16°)
OKLab	oklab(52.69% 0.1168 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(52.69% 0.186 309)
XYZ	xyz(21.2906, 12.8452, 47.8026)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42BA #72BA42

analogous

#4E42BA #8A42BA #BA42AE

triadic

#8A42BA #BA8A42 #42BA8A

tetradic

#8A42BA #BA4E42 #72BA42 #42AEBA

square

#8A42BA #BA4E42 #72BA42 #42AEBA

split-complementary

#8A42BA #AEBA42 #42BA4E

monochromatic

#472260 #68328D #8A42BA #A66ECB #C29BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#8A42BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8A42BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42BA

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42BA	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F65B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.186 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07bcf',
    500: '#8a42ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42ba;
$custom-light: #b07bcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52687,
    "c": 0.18567,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.12845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42BA

secondary

#A6C890

accent

#D75186

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42BA

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

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