#8B42D4#8B42D4

#8B42D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.213 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B42D4
RGB	rgb(139, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.43, 57.63, -63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.43, 85.45, 312.41°)
OKLab	oklab(54.64% 0.1155 -0.1795)
OKLCH	oklch(54.64% 0.213 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4766, 14.1388, 63.7142)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B42D4 #8BD442

analogous

#4242D4 #8B42D4 #D442D4

triadic

#8B42D4 #D48B42 #42D48B

tetradic

#8B42D4 #D44242 #8BD442 #42D4D4

square

#8B42D4 #D44242 #8BD442 #42D4D4

split-complementary

#8B42D4 #D4D442 #42D442

monochromatic

#4E1D7F #6C28B1 #8B42D4 #AA74DF #C8A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#8B42D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#8B42D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B42D4

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B42D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B42D4	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b42d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.213 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ce2',
    500: '#8b42d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b42d4;
$custom-light: #b27ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b42d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54642,
    "c": 0.21346,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B42D4

secondary

#B9D89A

accent

#E64294

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B42D4

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

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