#8D42CC#8D42CC

#8D42CC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.205 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D42CC
RGB	rgb(141, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(273, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.12, 56.16, -58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.12, 81.44, 313.59°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% 0.1192 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.205 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8294, 13.9190, 58.5463)
Luminance	0.1392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D42CC #81CC42

analogous

#4842CC #8D42CC #CC42C6

triadic

#8D42CC #CC8D42 #42CC8D

tetradic

#8D42CC #CC4842 #81CC42 #42C6CC

square

#8D42CC #CC4842 #81CC42 #42C6CC

split-complementary

#8D42CC #C6CC42 #42CC48

monochromatic

#4D1F74 #6E2CA4 #8D42CC #AA72D9 #C7A2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#8D42CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#8D42CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D42CC

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D42CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D42CC	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1469C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d42cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.205 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37cdc',
    500: '#8d42cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d42cc;
$custom-light: #b37cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d42cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.609,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54293,
    "c": 0.20549,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D42CC

secondary

#B2D397

accent

#E1478D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D42CC

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

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