#8B42CD#8B42CD

#8B42CD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.206 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B42CD
RGB	rgb(139, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(272, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 67.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.94, 55.98, -59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.94, 81.96, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(54.13% 0.1164 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(54.13% 0.206 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6126, 13.7933, 59.1642)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B42CD #84CD42

analogous

#4542CD #8B42CD #CD42C9

triadic

#8B42CD #CD8B42 #42CD8B

tetradic

#8B42CD #CD4542 #84CD42 #42C9CD

square

#8B42CD #CD4542 #84CD42 #42C9CD

split-complementary

#8B42CD #C9CD42 #42CD45

monochromatic

#4C1F76 #6C2CA6 #8B42CD #A972DA #C6A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8B42CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8B42CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B42CD

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B42CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B42CD	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0868CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b42cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.206 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27cdd',
    500: '#8b42cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b42cd;
$custom-light: #b27cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b42cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.511,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54131,
    "c": 0.20608,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B42CD

secondary

#B4D397

accent

#E14690

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B42CD

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

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