#8E42CA#8E42CA

#8E42CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.204 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E42CA
RGBrgb(142, 66, 202)
HSLhsl(274, 56%, 53%)
HSVhsv(274, 67%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(29.7%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(44.11, 55.90, -57.84)
CIE-LCHlch(44.11, 80.44, 314.02°)
OKLaboklab(54.27% 0.1208 -0.164)
OKLCHoklch(54.27% 0.204 306.4)
XYZxyz(23.7619, 13.9117, 57.2991)
Luminance0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E42CA #7ECA42
analogous
#4A42CA #8E42CA #CA42C2
triadic
#8E42CA #CA8E42 #42CA8E
tetradic
#8E42CA #CA4A42 #7ECA42 #42C2CA
square
#8E42CA #CA4A42 #7ECA42 #42C2CA
split-complementary
#8E42CA #C2CA42 #42CA4A
monochromatic
#4E2072 #6E2DA2 #8E42CA #AB72D7 #C7A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55
#8E42CA on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78
#8E42CA on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E42CA
5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E42CA#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E42CA1.005.553.785.55
#FFFFFF5.551.0021.001.00
#0000003.7821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.551.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0066CE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#1C69C7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#846081
Achromatopsia (no color)
#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e42ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.204 306.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47cdb',
    500: '#8e42ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e42ca;
$custom-light: #b47cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e42ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.529,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5427,
    "c": 0.20365,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E42CA
secondary
#B0D196
accent
#DF488B
background
#FBF7FD
surface
#F6EEFB
border
#D0C9D4
text
#120A15
muted
#817C83

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#8E42CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva