#8B42CA#8B42CA

#8B42CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.203 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B42CA
RGB	rgb(139, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.73, 55.28, -58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.73, 80.47, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% 0.1168 -0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.203 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2540, 13.6498, 57.2753)
Luminance	0.1365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B42CA #81CA42

analogous

#4742CA #8B42CA #CA42C5

triadic

#8B42CA #CA8B42 #42CA8B

tetradic

#8B42CA #CA4742 #81CA42 #42C5CA

square

#8B42CA #CA4742 #81CA42 #42C5CA

split-complementary

#8B42CA #C5CA42 #42CA47

monochromatic

#4C2072 #6C2DA2 #8B42CA #A872D7 #C6A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#8B42CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8B42CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B42CA

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B42CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B42CA	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1467C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b42ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.203 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27bdb',
    500: '#8b42ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b42ca;
$custom-light: #b27bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b42ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.206,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53916,
    "c": 0.20291,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B42CA

secondary

#B2D196

accent

#DF488E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B42CA

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

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