#8A42E2#8A42E2

#8A42E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.228 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A42E2
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(267, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.35, 60.79, -69.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.35, 92.42, 311.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.59% 0.1118 -0.1987)
OKLCH	oklch(55.59% 0.228 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1535, 14.7904, 73.4137)
Luminance	0.1479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A42E2 #9AE242

analogous

#424AE2 #8A42E2 #DA42E2

triadic

#8A42E2 #E28A42 #42E28A

tetradic

#8A42E2 #E2424A #9AE242 #42E2DA

square

#8A42E2 #E2424A #9AE242 #42E2DA

split-complementary

#8A42E2 #E2DA42 #4AE242

monochromatic

#4F1793 #6B1FC8 #8A42E2 #AB77EA #CCACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#8A42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#8A42E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A42E2

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A42E2	1.00	5.31	3.96	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#756A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.228 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37cec',
    500: '#8a42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a42e2;
$custom-light: #b37cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55591,
    "c": 0.228,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A42E2

secondary

#C3E09F

accent

#F0389D

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A42E2

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

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