#8E42D8#8E42D8

#8E42D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.218 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E42D8
RGB	rgb(142, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.09, 59.15, -64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.09, 87.37, 312.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.28% 0.1189 -0.183)
OKLCH	oklch(55.28% 0.218 303)
XYZ	xyz(25.4953, 14.6051, 66.4283)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E42D8 #8CD842

analogous

#4342D8 #8E42D8 #D842D7

triadic

#8E42D8 #D88E42 #42D88E

tetradic

#8E42D8 #D84342 #8CD842 #42D7D8

square

#8E42D8 #D84342 #8CD842 #42D7D8

split-complementary

#8E42D8 #D7D842 #42D843

monochromatic

#501B84 #6F26B7 #8E42D8 #AC75E2 #CBA7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#8E42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#8E42D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E42D8

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E42D8	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.218 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57ce5',
    500: '#8e42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e42d8;
$custom-light: #b57ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55282,
    "c": 0.21824,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.14605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E42D8

secondary

#BADA9C

accent

#E93F93

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E42D8

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

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