#8A42BD#8A42BD

#8A42BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.189 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42BD
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 189)
HSL	hsl(275, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 65.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.72, 52.06, -52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.72, 73.96, 314.74°)
OKLab	oklab(52.89% 0.1166 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(52.89% 0.189 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6129, 12.9741, 49.4999)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42BD #75BD42

analogous

#4D42BD #8A42BD #BD42B2

triadic

#8A42BD #BD8A42 #42BD8A

tetradic

#8A42BD #BD4D42 #75BD42 #42B2BD

square

#8A42BD #BD4D42 #75BD42 #42B2BD

split-complementary

#8A42BD #B2BD42 #42BD4D

monochromatic

#482262 #693290 #8A42BD #A66FCD #C29DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#8A42BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8A42BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42BD

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42BD	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B66BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.189 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07bd2',
    500: '#8a42bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42bd;
$custom-light: #b07bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.122,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5289,
    "c": 0.18886,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42BD

secondary

#A9C992

accent

#D85088

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42BD

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

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