#8B42CC#8B42CC

#8B42CC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.205 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B42CC
RGB	rgb(139, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(272, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.87, 55.75, -59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.87, 81.46, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.06% 0.1165 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(54.06% 0.205 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4923, 13.7451, 58.5305)
Luminance	0.1374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B42CC #83CC42

analogous

#4642CC #8B42CC #CC42C8

triadic

#8B42CC #CC8B42 #42CC8B

tetradic

#8B42CC #CC4642 #83CC42 #42C8CC

square

#8B42CC #CC4642 #83CC42 #42C8CC

split-complementary

#8B42CC #C8CC42 #42CC46

monochromatic

#4C1F74 #6C2CA4 #8B42CC #A972D9 #C6A2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#8B42CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8B42CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B42CC

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B42CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B42CC	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D68C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b42cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.205 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27cdc',
    500: '#8b42cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b42cc;
$custom-light: #b27cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b42cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.739,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54059,
    "c": 0.20503,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B42CC

secondary

#B3D397

accent

#E1478F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B42CC

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

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