#8A42BE#8A42BE

#8A42BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.190 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42BE
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 190)
HSL	hsl(275, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 65.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.79, 52.29, -53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.79, 74.46, 314.61°)
OKLab	oklab(52.96% 0.1166 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(52.96% 0.19 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7218, 13.0177, 50.0736)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42BE #76BE42

analogous

#4C42BE #8A42BE #BE42B4

triadic

#8A42BE #BE8A42 #42BE8A

tetradic

#8A42BE #BE4C42 #76BE42 #42B4BE

square

#8A42BE #BE4C42 #76BE42 #42B4BE

split-complementary

#8A42BE #B4BE42 #42BE4C

monochromatic

#482263 #693291 #8A42BE #A670CE #C29DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#8A42BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8A42BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42BE

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42BE	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A66BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.190 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07bd2',
    500: '#8a42be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42be;
$custom-light: #b07bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.839,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52958,
    "c": 0.18992,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42BE

secondary

#A9CA92

accent

#D84F89

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42BE

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

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