#8A42C9#8A42C9

#8A42C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.202 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42C9
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 201)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 67.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.53, 54.84, -58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.53, 79.97, 313.29°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% 0.1155 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.202 305)
XYZ	xyz(22.9697, 13.5169, 56.6459)
Luminance	0.1352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42C9 #81C942

analogous

#4642C9 #8A42C9 #C942C5

triadic

#8A42C9 #C98A42 #42C98A

tetradic

#8A42C9 #C94642 #81C942 #42C5C9

square

#8A42C9 #C94642 #81C942 #42C5C9

split-complementary

#8A42C9 #C5C942 #42C946

monochromatic

#4B2070 #6B2EA0 #8A42C9 #A772D7 #C5A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#8A42C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#8A42C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42C9

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42C9	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1467C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.202 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17bda',
    500: '#8a42c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42c9;
$custom-light: #b17bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53727,
    "c": 0.20161,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.13517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42C9

secondary

#B1D196

accent

#DF498F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42C9

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

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