#8A42C8#8A42C8

#8A42C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.201 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42C8
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(272, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.46, 54.60, -57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.46, 79.47, 313.40°)
OKLab	oklab(53.66% 0.1157 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(53.66% 0.201 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8525, 13.4700, 56.0284)
Luminance	0.1347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42C8 #80C842

analogous

#4742C8 #8A42C8 #C842C3

triadic

#8A42C8 #C88A42 #42C88A

tetradic

#8A42C8 #C84742 #80C842 #42C3C8

square

#8A42C8 #C84742 #80C842 #42C3C8

split-complementary

#8A42C8 #C3C842 #42C847

monochromatic

#4B206F #6B2E9F #8A42C8 #A771D6 #C5A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#8A42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8A42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42C8

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42C8	1.00	5.68	3.69	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1767C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.201 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17bd9',
    500: '#8a42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42c8;
$custom-light: #b17bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.239,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53656,
    "c": 0.20055,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42C8

secondary

#B1D096

accent

#DE4A8E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42C8

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

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