#8A42D8#8A42D8

#8A42D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.217 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42D8
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.60, 58.39, -65.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.60, 87.46, 311.88°)
OKLab	oklab(54.83% 0.1135 -0.1855)
OKLCH	oklch(54.83% 0.217 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8211, 14.2574, 66.3967)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42D8 #90D842

analogous

#4245D8 #8A42D8 #D542D8

triadic

#8A42D8 #D88A42 #42D88A

tetradic

#8A42D8 #D84245 #90D842 #42D8D5

square

#8A42D8 #D84245 #90D842 #42D8D5

split-complementary

#8A42D8 #D8D542 #45D842

monochromatic

#4E1B84 #6B26B7 #8A42D8 #A975E2 #C9A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#8A42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#8A42D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42D8

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42D8	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.217 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ce5',
    500: '#8a42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42d8;
$custom-light: #b27ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54827,
    "c": 0.21749,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42D8

secondary

#BCDA9C

accent

#E93F97

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42D8

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

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