#8A42C5#8A42C5

#8A42C5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.197 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42C5
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(273, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 66.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.26, 53.91, -56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.26, 77.97, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(53.44% 0.116 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(53.44% 0.197 306)
XYZ	xyz(22.5053, 13.3311, 54.2001)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42C5 #7DC542

analogous

#4942C5 #8A42C5 #C542BF

triadic

#8A42C5 #C58A42 #42C58A

tetradic

#8A42C5 #C54942 #7DC542 #42BFC5

square

#8A42C5 #C54942 #7DC542 #42BFC5

split-complementary

#8A42C5 #BFC542 #42C549

monochromatic

#4A216C #6A2F9A #8A42C5 #A771D3 #C4A0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#8A42C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#8A42C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42C5

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42C5	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E67C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.197 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17bd7',
    500: '#8a42c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42c5;
$custom-light: #b17bd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.977,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53444,
    "c": 0.19737,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.13331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42C5

secondary

#AFCE95

accent

#DC4B8D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42C5

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

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