#8E42D5#8E42D5

#8E42D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.215 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E42D5
RGB	rgb(142, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.87, 58.45, -62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.87, 85.89, 312.88°)
OKLab	oklab(55.06% 0.1194 -0.179)
OKLCH	oklch(55.06% 0.215 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1110, 14.4514, 64.4044)
Luminance	0.1445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E42D5 #89D542

analogous

#4442D5 #8E42D5 #D542D3

triadic

#8E42D5 #D58E42 #42D58E

tetradic

#8E42D5 #D54442 #89D542 #42D3D5

square

#8E42D5 #D54442 #89D542 #42D3D5

split-complementary

#8E42D5 #D3D542 #42D544

monochromatic

#501C80 #6F28B2 #8E42D5 #AC74E0 #CAA6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#8E42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#8E42D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E42D5

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E42D5	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.215 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47ce3',
    500: '#8e42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e42d5;
$custom-light: #b47ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.02,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55061,
    "c": 0.21511,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E42D5

secondary

#B8D89A

accent

#E74191

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E42D5

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

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