#8E42DD#8E42DD

#8E42DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.223 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E42DD
RGB	rgb(142, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.45, 60.32, -66.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.45, 89.83, 312.18°)
OKLab	oklab(55.66% 0.1181 -0.1897)
OKLCH	oklch(55.66% 0.223 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1516, 14.8676, 69.8846)
Luminance	0.1487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E42DD #91DD42

analogous

#4244DD #8E42DD #DB42DD

triadic

#8E42DD #DD8E42 #42DD8E

tetradic

#8E42DD #DD4244 #91DD42 #42DDDB

square

#8E42DD #DD4244 #91DD42 #42DDDB

split-complementary

#8E42DD #DDDB42 #44DD42

monochromatic

#51198C #6F22BF #8E42DD #AD76E6 #CCAAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#8E42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#8E42DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E42DD

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E42DD	1.00	5.28	3.97	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D678B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.223 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57ce9',
    500: '#8e42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e42dd;
$custom-light: #b57ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.419,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55655,
    "c": 0.22343,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E42DD

secondary

#BEDD9D

accent

#EC3B96

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E42DD

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

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