#8A42C6#8A42C6

#8A42C6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.198 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42C6
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 198)
HSL	hsl(273, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.33, 54.14, -56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.33, 78.47, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(53.51% 0.1159 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(53.51% 0.198 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6203, 13.3771, 54.8055)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42C6 #7EC642

analogous

#4842C6 #8A42C6 #C642C0

triadic

#8A42C6 #C68A42 #42C68A

tetradic

#8A42C6 #C64842 #7EC642 #42C0C6

square

#8A42C6 #C64842 #7EC642 #42C0C6

split-complementary

#8A42C6 #C0C642 #42C648

monochromatic

#4A216D #6A2F9C #8A42C6 #A771D4 #C4A0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#8A42C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#8A42C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42C6

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42C6	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C67C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.198 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17bd8',
    500: '#8a42c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42c6;
$custom-light: #b17bd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53514,
    "c": 0.19843,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42C6

secondary

#AFCF95

accent

#DD4B8D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42C6

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

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