#8D42A2#8D42A2

#8D42A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.162 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D42A2
RGB	rgb(141, 66, 162)
HSL	hsl(287, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(287, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 59.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.48, 46.89, -38.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.48, 60.70, 320.58°)
OKLab	oklab(51.55% 0.1208 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(51.55% 0.162 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4534, 12.1686, 35.4995)
Luminance	0.1217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D42A2 #57A242

analogous

#5D42A2 #8D42A2 #A24287

triadic

#8D42A2 #A28D42 #42A28D

tetradic

#8D42A2 #A25D42 #57A242 #4287A2

square

#8D42A2 #A25D42 #57A242 #4287A2

split-complementary

#8D42A2 #87A242 #42A25D

monochromatic

#411F4B #673077 #8D42A2 #AB62BF #C28ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#8D42A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#8D42A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D42A2

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D42A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D42A2	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B5DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4764A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D516C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d42a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 66, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.162 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17abe',
    500: '#8d42a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d42a2;
$custom-light: #b17abe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d42a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.875,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51548,
    "c": 0.16173,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D42A2

secondary

#90BC84

accent

#D25671

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF7

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D42A2

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

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