#8A42BC#8A42BC

#8A42BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.188 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42BC
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(275, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.66, 51.83, -52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.66, 73.46, 314.88°)
OKLab	oklab(52.82% 0.1167 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(52.82% 0.188 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.5047, 12.9309, 48.9302)
Luminance	0.1293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42BC #74BC42

analogous

#4D42BC #8A42BC #BC42B1

triadic

#8A42BC #BC8A42 #42BC8A

tetradic

#8A42BC #BC4D42 #74BC42 #42B1BC

square

#8A42BC #BC4D42 #74BC42 #42B1BC

split-complementary

#8A42BC #B1BC42 #42BC4D

monochromatic

#472261 #69328F #8A42BC #A66FCC #C29CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#8A42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8A42BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42BC

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42BC	1.00	5.86	3.59	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C66B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.188 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07bd1',
    500: '#8a42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42bc;
$custom-light: #b07bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.41,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52822,
    "c": 0.1878,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42BC

secondary

#A8C991

accent

#D85088

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42BC

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

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