#8A42CC#8A42CC

#8A42CC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.205 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42CC
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(271, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.74, 55.54, -59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.74, 81.48, 312.98°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% 0.1152 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.205 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3261, 13.6594, 58.5227)
Luminance	0.1366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42CC #84CC42

analogous

#4542CC #8A42CC #CC42C9

triadic

#8A42CC #CC8A42 #42CC8A

tetradic

#8A42CC #CC4542 #84CC42 #42C9CC

square

#8A42CC #CC4542 #84CC42 #42C9CC

split-complementary

#8A42CC #C9CC42 #42CC45

monochromatic

#4C1F74 #6B2CA4 #8A42CC #A872D9 #C6A2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#8A42CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8A42CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42CC

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42CC	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0967C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.205 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17bdc',
    500: '#8a42cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42cc;
$custom-light: #b17bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53943,
    "c": 0.2048,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42CC

secondary

#B4D397

accent

#E14791

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42CC

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

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