#8B42C8#8B42C8

#8B42C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.201 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B42C8
RGB	rgb(139, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(273, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.59, 54.81, -57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.59, 79.47, 313.61°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% 0.117 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.201 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0187, 13.5557, 56.0362)
Luminance	0.1356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B42C8 #7FC842

analogous

#4842C8 #8B42C8 #C842C2

triadic

#8B42C8 #C88B42 #42C88B

tetradic

#8B42C8 #C84842 #7FC842 #42C2C8

square

#8B42C8 #C84842 #7FC842 #42C2C8

split-complementary

#8B42C8 #C2C842 #42C848

monochromatic

#4B206F #6B2E9F #8B42C8 #A871D6 #C5A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#8B42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8B42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B42C8

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B42C8	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A67C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.201 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17bd9',
    500: '#8b42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b42c8;
$custom-light: #b17bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.687,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53774,
    "c": 0.20079,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B42C8

secondary

#B0D096

accent

#DE4A8D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B42C8

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

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