#8B42BB#8B42BB

#8B42BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.187 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B42BB
RGB	rgb(139, 66, 187)
HSL	hsl(276, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 64.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.72, 51.83, -51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.72, 72.97, 315.26°)
OKLab	oklab(52.88% 0.1181 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(52.88% 0.187 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5635, 12.9736, 48.3723)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B42BB #72BB42

analogous

#4E42BB #8B42BB #BB42AF

triadic

#8B42BB #BB8B42 #42BB8B

tetradic

#8B42BB #BB4E42 #72BB42 #42AFBB

square

#8B42BB #BB4E42 #72BB42 #42AFBB

split-complementary

#8B42BB #AFBB42 #42BB4E

monochromatic

#482261 #69328E #8B42BB #A76ECC #C29CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#8B42BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8B42BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B42BB

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B42BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B42BB	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F66B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b42bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 66, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.187 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17bd0',
    500: '#8b42bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b42bb;
$custom-light: #b17bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b42bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.198,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52876,
    "c": 0.18704,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B42BB

secondary

#A7C891

accent

#D75086

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B42BB

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

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