#8B42D9#8B42D9

#8B42D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.219 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B42D9
RGB	rgb(139, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.79, 58.81, -65.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.79, 87.93, 311.98°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% 0.1147 -0.1862)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.219 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1171, 14.3950, 67.0874)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B42D9 #90D942

analogous

#4244D9 #8B42D9 #D742D9

triadic

#8B42D9 #D98B42 #42D98B

tetradic

#8B42D9 #D94244 #90D942 #42D9D7

square

#8B42D9 #D94244 #90D942 #42D9D7

split-complementary

#8B42D9 #D9D742 #44D942

monochromatic

#4F1B86 #6C25B9 #8B42D9 #AA75E3 #CAA8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#8B42D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#8B42D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B42D9

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B42D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B42D9	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b42d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.219 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37ce6',
    500: '#8b42d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b42d9;
$custom-light: #b37ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b42d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.007,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55015,
    "c": 0.21872,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B42D9

secondary

#BCDB9C

accent

#E93E97

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B42D9

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

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