#8D42CA#8D42CA

#8D42CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.203 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D42CA
RGB	rgb(141, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(273, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, 55.69, -58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 80.45, 313.81°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% 0.1194 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.203 306)
XYZ	xyz(23.5911, 13.8236, 57.2911)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D42CA #7FCA42

analogous

#4942CA #8D42CA #CA42C3

triadic

#8D42CA #CA8D42 #42CA8D

tetradic

#8D42CA #CA4942 #7FCA42 #42C3CA

square

#8D42CA #CA4942 #7FCA42 #42C3CA

split-complementary

#8D42CA #C3CA42 #42CA49

monochromatic

#4D2072 #6D2DA2 #8D42CA #AA72D7 #C7A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8D42CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8D42CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D42CA

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D42CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D42CA	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A68C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d42ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.203 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37cdb',
    500: '#8d42ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d42ca;
$custom-light: #b37cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d42ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.088,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54151,
    "c": 0.2034,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.13823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D42CA

secondary

#B1D196

accent

#DF488C

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D42CA

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

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