#8B42DD#8B42DD

#8B42DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.223 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B42DD
RGB	rgb(139, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(268, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.09, 59.77, -67.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.09, 89.91, 311.66°)
OKLab	oklab(55.32% 0.114 -0.1915)
OKLCH	oklch(55.32% 0.223 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6436, 14.6057, 69.8608)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B42DD #94DD42

analogous

#4247DD #8B42DD #D942DD

triadic

#8B42DD #DD8B42 #42DD8B

tetradic

#8B42DD #DD4247 #94DD42 #42DDD9

square

#8B42DD #DD4247 #94DD42 #42DDD9

split-complementary

#8B42DD #DDD942 #47DD42

monochromatic

#4F198C #6C22BF #8B42DD #AB76E6 #CBAAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#8B42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#8B42DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B42DD

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B42DD	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006ADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79688B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.223 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37ce9',
    500: '#8b42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b42dd;
$custom-light: #b37ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.258,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55317,
    "c": 0.22291,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B42DD

secondary

#BFDD9D

accent

#EC3B99

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B42DD

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

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