#8A42D0#8A42D0

#8A42D0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.209 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42D0
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 208)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 68.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.02, 56.48, -61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.02, 83.47, 312.58°)
OKLab	oklab(54.23% 0.1147 -0.1748)
OKLCH	oklch(54.23% 0.209 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8120, 13.8538, 61.0818)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42D0 #88D042

analogous

#4342D0 #8A42D0 #D042CF

triadic

#8A42D0 #D08A42 #42D08A

tetradic

#8A42D0 #D04342 #88D042 #42CFD0

square

#8A42D0 #D04342 #88D042 #42CFD0

split-complementary

#8A42D0 #CFD042 #42D043

monochromatic

#4C1E79 #6B2AAA #8A42D0 #A873DC #C7A4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8A42D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8A42D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42D0

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42D0	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.209 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17cdf',
    500: '#8a42d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42d0;
$custom-light: #b17cdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.423,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54233,
    "c": 0.20904,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42D0

secondary

#B6D599

accent

#E34493

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42D0

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

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