#8B42BC#8B42BC

#8B42BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.188 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B42BC
RGB	rgb(139, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(276, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.79, 52.06, -51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.79, 73.47, 315.12°)
OKLab	oklab(52.94% 0.118 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(52.94% 0.188 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6710, 13.0166, 48.9380)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B42BC #73BC42

analogous

#4E42BC #8B42BC #BC42B0

triadic

#8B42BC #BC8B42 #42BC8B

tetradic

#8B42BC #BC4E42 #73BC42 #42B0BC

square

#8B42BC #BC4E42 #73BC42 #42B0BC

split-complementary

#8B42BC #B0BC42 #42BC4E

monochromatic

#482261 #6A328F #8B42BC #A76FCC #C39CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#8B42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8B42BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B42BC

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B42BC	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E66B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.188 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17bd1',
    500: '#8b42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b42bc;
$custom-light: #b17bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.902,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52943,
    "c": 0.1881,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B42BC

secondary

#A7C991

accent

#D85087

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B42BC

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

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