#8D42C9#8D42C9

#8D42C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.202 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D42C9
RGB	rgb(141, 66, 201)
HSL	hsl(273, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 67.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, 55.46, -57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 79.95, 313.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.08% 0.1195 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(54.08% 0.202 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4731, 13.7764, 56.6695)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D42C9 #7EC942

analogous

#4942C9 #8D42C9 #C942C2

triadic

#8D42C9 #C98D42 #42C98D

tetradic

#8D42C9 #C94942 #7EC942 #42C2C9

square

#8D42C9 #C94942 #7EC942 #42C2C9

split-complementary

#8D42C9 #C2C942 #42C949

monochromatic

#4D2070 #6D2EA0 #8D42C9 #AA72D7 #C6A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8D42C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8D42C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D42C9

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D42C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D42C9	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C68C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d42c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 66, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.202 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37cda',
    500: '#8d42c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d42c9;
$custom-light: #b37cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d42c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54081,
    "c": 0.20235,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D42C9

secondary

#B0D196

accent

#DF498C

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D42C9

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

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