#8A42D3#8A42D3

#8A42D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.212 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42D3
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.24, 57.20, -62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.24, 84.97, 312.31°)
OKLab	oklab(54.45% 0.1143 -0.1788)
OKLCH	oklch(54.45% 0.212 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1846, 14.0028, 63.0441)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42D3 #8BD342

analogous

#4243D3 #8A42D3 #D342D3

triadic

#8A42D3 #D38A42 #42D38A

tetradic

#8A42D3 #D34243 #8BD342 #42D3D3

square

#8A42D3 #D34243 #8BD342 #42D3D3

split-complementary

#8A42D3 #D3D342 #43D342

monochromatic

#4D1D7D #6B29AF #8A42D3 #A974DF #C7A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#8A42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#8A42D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42D3

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42D3	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.212 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ce1',
    500: '#8a42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42d3;
$custom-light: #b27ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.793,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54454,
    "c": 0.21221,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42D3

secondary

#B9D79A

accent

#E54294

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42D3

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

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