#8B42C9#8B42C9

#8B42C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.202 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B42C9
RGB	rgb(139, 66, 201)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 67.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.66, 55.05, -58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.66, 79.97, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% 0.1169 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.202 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1360, 13.6026, 56.6537)
Luminance	0.1360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B42C9 #80C942

analogous

#4742C9 #8B42C9 #C942C4

triadic

#8B42C9 #C98B42 #42C98B

tetradic

#8B42C9 #C94742 #80C942 #42C4C9

square

#8B42C9 #C94742 #80C942 #42C4C9

split-complementary

#8B42C9 #C4C942 #42C947

monochromatic

#4C2070 #6C2EA0 #8B42C9 #A872D7 #C5A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#8B42C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#8B42C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B42C9

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B42C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B42C9	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1767C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b42c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 66, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.202 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27bda',
    500: '#8b42c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b42c9;
$custom-light: #b27bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b42c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53845,
    "c": 0.20186,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B42C9

secondary

#B1D196

accent

#DF498E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B42C9

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

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