#8D42D4#8D42D4

#8D42D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.214 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D42D4
RGB	rgb(141, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.68, 58.02, -62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.68, 85.41, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(54.87% 0.1182 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(54.87% 0.214 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8136, 14.3127, 63.7300)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D42D4 #89D442

analogous

#4442D4 #8D42D4 #D442D2

triadic

#8D42D4 #D48D42 #42D48D

tetradic

#8D42D4 #D44442 #89D442 #42D2D4

square

#8D42D4 #D44442 #89D442 #42D2D4

split-complementary

#8D42D4 #D2D442 #42D444

monochromatic

#4F1D7F #6E28B1 #8D42D4 #AB74DF #C9A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#8D42D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#8D42D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D42D4

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D42D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D42D4	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d42d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.214 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47ce2',
    500: '#8d42d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d42d4;
$custom-light: #b47ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d42d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.822,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54872,
    "c": 0.21387,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D42D4

secondary

#B8D89A

accent

#E64292

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A15

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D42D4

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

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