#8A42D4#8A42D4

#8A42D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.213 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42D4
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.31, 57.43, -63.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.31, 85.47, 312.22°)
OKLab	oklab(54.53% 0.1141 -0.1802)
OKLCH	oklch(54.53% 0.213 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3103, 14.0531, 63.7064)
Luminance	0.1405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42D4 #8CD442

analogous

#4243D4 #8A42D4 #D342D4

triadic

#8A42D4 #D48A42 #42D48A

tetradic

#8A42D4 #D44243 #8CD442 #42D4D3

square

#8A42D4 #D44243 #8CD442 #42D4D3

split-complementary

#8A42D4 #D4D342 #43D442

monochromatic

#4D1D7F #6B28B1 #8A42D4 #A974DF #C8A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#8A42D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#8A42D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42D4

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42D4	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.213 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ce2',
    500: '#8a42d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42d4;
$custom-light: #b27ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.589,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54528,
    "c": 0.21327,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42D4

secondary

#B9D89A

accent

#E64295

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42D4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →