#8E42C8#8E42C8

#8E42C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.202 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E42C8
RGB	rgb(142, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 55.45, -56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 79.45, 314.26°)
OKLab	oklab(54.13% 0.121 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(54.13% 0.202 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5267, 13.8176, 56.0600)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E42C8 #7CC842

analogous

#4B42C8 #8E42C8 #C842BF

triadic

#8E42C8 #C88E42 #42C88E

tetradic

#8E42C8 #C84B42 #7CC842 #42BFC8

square

#8E42C8 #C84B42 #7CC842 #42BFC8

split-complementary

#8E42C8 #BFC842 #42C84B

monochromatic

#4D206F #6E2E9F #8E42C8 #AA71D6 #C7A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8E42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8E42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E42C8

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E42C8	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)

#0065CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2068C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.202 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37cd9',
    500: '#8e42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e42c8;
$custom-light: #b37cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.03,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54129,
    "c": 0.20157,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E42C8

secondary

#AFD096

accent

#DE4A8A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E42C8

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

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