#8C42D3#8C42D3

#8C42D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.213 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C42D3
RGB	rgb(140, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.48, 57.59, -62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.48, 84.93, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% 0.117 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.213 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5186, 14.1750, 63.0597)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C42D3 #89D342

analogous

#4442D3 #8C42D3 #D342D1

triadic

#8C42D3 #D38C42 #42D38C

tetradic

#8C42D3 #D34442 #89D342 #42D1D3

square

#8C42D3 #D34442 #89D342 #42D1D3

split-complementary

#8C42D3 #D1D342 #42D344

monochromatic

#4E1D7D #6D29AF #8C42D3 #AA74DF #C8A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#8C42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#8C42D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C42D3

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C42D3	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.213 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37ce1',
    500: '#8c42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c42d3;
$custom-light: #b37ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.621,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54683,
    "c": 0.21261,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C42D3

secondary

#B8D79A

accent

#E54292

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C42D3

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

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