#8A42D5#8A42D5

#8A42D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.214 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42D5
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.38, 57.67, -63.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.38, 85.97, 312.13°)
OKLab	oklab(54.6% 0.114 -0.1815)
OKLCH	oklch(54.6% 0.214 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4368, 14.1037, 64.3728)
Luminance	0.1410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42D5 #8DD542

analogous

#4244D5 #8A42D5 #D442D5

triadic

#8A42D5 #D58A42 #42D58A

tetradic

#8A42D5 #D54244 #8DD542 #42D5D4

square

#8A42D5 #D54244 #8DD542 #42D5D4

split-complementary

#8A42D5 #D5D442 #44D542

monochromatic

#4D1C80 #6B28B2 #8A42D5 #A974E0 #C8A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#8A42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#8A42D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42D5

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42D5	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.214 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ce3',
    500: '#8a42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42d5;
$custom-light: #b27ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.388,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54603,
    "c": 0.21432,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42D5

secondary

#BAD89A

accent

#E74196

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42D5

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

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