#8D42C8#8D42C8

#8D42C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.201 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D42C8
RGB	rgb(141, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.84, 55.23, -57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.84, 79.45, 314.04°)
OKLab	oklab(54.01% 0.1196 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(54.01% 0.201 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3558, 13.7295, 56.0520)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D42C8 #7DC842

analogous

#4A42C8 #8D42C8 #C842C0

triadic

#8D42C8 #C88D42 #42C88D

tetradic

#8D42C8 #C84A42 #7DC842 #42C0C8

square

#8D42C8 #C84A42 #7DC842 #42C0C8

split-complementary

#8D42C8 #C0C842 #42C84A

monochromatic

#4D206F #6D2E9F #8D42C8 #AA71D6 #C6A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#8D42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8D42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D42C8

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D42C8	1.00	5.61	3.75	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E68C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.201 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37cd9',
    500: '#8d42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d42c8;
$custom-light: #b37cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.582,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5401,
    "c": 0.2013,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D42C8

secondary

#AFD096

accent

#DE4A8B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D42C8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →