#8A42D2#8A42D2

#8A42D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.211 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42D2
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.17, 56.96, -62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.17, 84.47, 312.40°)
OKLab	oklab(54.38% 0.1144 -0.1775)
OKLCH	oklch(54.38% 0.211 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0596, 13.9528, 62.3859)
Luminance	0.1395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42D2 #8AD242

analogous

#4242D2 #8A42D2 #D242D2

triadic

#8A42D2 #D28A42 #42D28A

tetradic

#8A42D2 #D24242 #8AD242 #42D2D2

square

#8A42D2 #D24242 #8AD242 #42D2D2

split-complementary

#8A42D2 #D2D242 #42D242

monochromatic

#4D1E7C #6B29AD #8A42D2 #A973DE #C7A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#8A42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8A42D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42D2

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42D2	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.211 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ce1',
    500: '#8a42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42d2;
$custom-light: #b27ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5438,
    "c": 0.21116,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42D2

secondary

#B8D799

accent

#E54394

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42D2

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

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