#8B42D5#8B42D5

#8B42D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.215 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B42D5
RGB	rgb(139, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.50, 57.86, -63.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.50, 85.95, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(54.72% 0.1153 -0.1809)
OKLCH	oklch(54.72% 0.215 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6031, 14.1895, 64.3806)
Luminance	0.1419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B42D5 #8CD542

analogous

#4243D5 #8B42D5 #D442D5

triadic

#8B42D5 #D58B42 #42D58B

tetradic

#8B42D5 #D54243 #8CD542 #42D5D4

square

#8B42D5 #D54243 #8CD542 #42D5D4

split-complementary

#8B42D5 #D5D442 #43D542

monochromatic

#4E1C80 #6C28B2 #8B42D5 #AA74E0 #C8A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#8B42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#8B42D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B42D5

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B42D5	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.215 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ce3',
    500: '#8b42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b42d5;
$custom-light: #b27ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.796,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54716,
    "c": 0.21451,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B42D5

secondary

#BAD89A

accent

#E74194

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B42D5

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

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