#8A42BB#8A42BB

#8A42BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.187 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42BB
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 187)
HSL	hsl(276, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 64.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.59, 51.61, -51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.59, 72.96, 315.02°)
OKLab	oklab(52.75% 0.1168 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(52.75% 0.187 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3973, 12.8879, 48.3645)
Luminance	0.1289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42BB #73BB42

analogous

#4D42BB #8A42BB #BB42B0

triadic

#8A42BB #BB8A42 #42BB8A

tetradic

#8A42BB #BB4D42 #73BB42 #42B0BB

square

#8A42BB #BB4D42 #73BB42 #42B0BB

split-complementary

#8A42BB #B0BB42 #42BB4D

monochromatic

#472261 #69328E #8A42BB #A66ECC #C29CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#8A42BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#8A42BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42BB

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42BB	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E65B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.187 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07bd0',
    500: '#8a42bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42bb;
$custom-light: #b07bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.702,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52754,
    "c": 0.18674,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42BB

secondary

#A7C891

accent

#D75087

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42BB

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

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