#8D42D5#8D42D5

#8D42D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.215 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D42D5
RGB	rgb(141, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.75, 58.25, -63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.75, 85.91, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% 0.118 -0.1796)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.215 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9402, 14.3633, 64.3964)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D42D5 #8AD542

analogous

#4442D5 #8D42D5 #D542D4

triadic

#8D42D5 #D58D42 #42D58D

tetradic

#8D42D5 #D54442 #8AD542 #42D4D5

square

#8D42D5 #D54442 #8AD542 #42D4D5

split-complementary

#8D42D5 #D4D542 #42D544

monochromatic

#4F1C80 #6E28B2 #8D42D5 #AB74E0 #C9A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#8D42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#8D42D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D42D5

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D42D5	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.215 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47ce3',
    500: '#8d42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d42d5;
$custom-light: #b47ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.612,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54946,
    "c": 0.21491,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D42D5

secondary

#B9D89A

accent

#E74192

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D42D5

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

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