#8B42D1#8B42D1

#8B42D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.210 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B42D1
RGB	rgb(139, 66, 209)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 68.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.22, 56.92, -61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.22, 83.96, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(54.42% 0.1159 -0.1755)
OKLCH	oklch(54.42% 0.21 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1016, 13.9889, 61.7396)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B42D1 #88D142

analogous

#4442D1 #8B42D1 #D142D0

triadic

#8B42D1 #D18B42 #42D18B

tetradic

#8B42D1 #D14442 #88D142 #42D0D1

square

#8B42D1 #D14442 #88D142 #42D0D1

split-complementary

#8B42D1 #D0D142 #42D144

monochromatic

#4D1E7B #6C2AAC #8B42D1 #A973DD #C7A4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#8B42D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#8B42D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B42D1

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B42D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B42D1	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b42d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 66, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.210 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ce0',
    500: '#8b42d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b42d1;
$custom-light: #b27ce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b42d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.629,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54422,
    "c": 0.2103,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B42D1

secondary

#B7D699

accent

#E44492

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B42D1

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

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