#8A42CE#8A42CE

#8A42CE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.207 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42CE
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(271, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.88, 56.01, -60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.88, 82.48, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(54.09% 0.1149 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(54.09% 0.207 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5675, 13.7560, 59.7941)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42CE #86CE42

analogous

#4442CE #8A42CE #CE42CC

triadic

#8A42CE #CE8A42 #42CE8A

tetradic

#8A42CE #CE4442 #86CE42 #42CCCE

square

#8A42CE #CE4442 #86CE42 #42CCCE

split-complementary

#8A42CE #CCCE42 #42CE44

monochromatic

#4C1F77 #6B2BA7 #8A42CE #A873DB #C6A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#8A42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8A42CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42CE

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42CE	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.207 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17cde',
    500: '#8a42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42ce;
$custom-light: #b17cde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54087,
    "c": 0.20692,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42CE

secondary

#B5D498

accent

#E24692

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42CE

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

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