#8D42D9#8D42D9

#8D42D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.219 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D42D9
RGB	rgb(141, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.04, 59.19, -64.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.04, 87.88, 312.34°)
OKLab	oklab(55.24% 0.1174 -0.185)
OKLCH	oklch(55.24% 0.219 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4541, 14.5689, 67.1032)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D42D9 #8ED942

analogous

#4242D9 #8D42D9 #D842D9

triadic

#8D42D9 #D98D42 #42D98D

tetradic

#8D42D9 #D94242 #8ED942 #42D9D8

square

#8D42D9 #D94242 #8ED942 #42D9D8

split-complementary

#8D42D9 #D9D842 #42D942

monochromatic

#501B86 #6E25B9 #8D42D9 #AC75E3 #CAA8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8D42D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8D42D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D42D9

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D42D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D42D9	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d42d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.219 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47ce6',
    500: '#8d42d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d42d9;
$custom-light: #b47ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d42d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.801,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55242,
    "c": 0.21908,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D42D9

secondary

#BCDB9C

accent

#E93E94

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D42D9

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

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