#8A42D6#8A42D6

#8A42D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.215 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42D6
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.45, 57.91, -64.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.45, 86.46, 312.05°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% 0.1138 -0.1829)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.215 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5641, 14.1547, 65.0433)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42D6 #8ED642

analogous

#4244D6 #8A42D6 #D442D6

triadic

#8A42D6 #D68A42 #42D68A

tetradic

#8A42D6 #D64244 #8ED642 #42D6D4

square

#8A42D6 #D64244 #8ED642 #42D6D4

split-complementary

#8A42D6 #D6D442 #44D642

monochromatic

#4D1C82 #6B27B4 #8A42D6 #A974E1 #C8A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#8A42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#8A42D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42D6

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42D6	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.215 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ce4',
    500: '#8a42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42d6;
$custom-light: #b27ce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.189,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54677,
    "c": 0.21538,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42D6

secondary

#BBD99B

accent

#E74096

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42D6

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

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