#8D42C7#8D42C7

#8D42C7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.200 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D42C7
RGB	rgb(141, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(274, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 66.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.77, 55.01, -56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.77, 78.96, 314.16°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% 0.1197 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.2 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2393, 13.6829, 55.4386)
Luminance	0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D42C7 #7CC742

analogous

#4B42C7 #8D42C7 #C742BE

triadic

#8D42C7 #C78D42 #42C78D

tetradic

#8D42C7 #C74B42 #7CC742 #42BEC7

square

#8D42C7 #C74B42 #7CC742 #42BEC7

split-complementary

#8D42C7 #BEC742 #42C74B

monochromatic

#4C216E #6D2F9D #8D42C7 #A971D5 #C6A0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#8D42C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8D42C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D42C7

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D42C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D42C7	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2068C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d42c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.200 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37cd9',
    500: '#8d42c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d42c7;
$custom-light: #b37cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d42c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.835,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5394,
    "c": 0.20025,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D42C7

secondary

#AFD095

accent

#DE4A8A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D42C7

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

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