#8E42DE#8E42DE

#8E42DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.224 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E42DE
RGB	rgb(142, 66, 222)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 70.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.53, 60.56, -67.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.53, 90.33, 312.10°)
OKLab	oklab(55.73% 0.118 -0.191)
OKLCH	oklch(55.73% 0.224 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2852, 14.9210, 70.5883)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E42DE #92DE42

analogous

#4244DE #8E42DE #DC42DE

triadic

#8E42DE #DE8E42 #42DE8E

tetradic

#8E42DE #DE4244 #92DE42 #42DEDC

square

#8E42DE #DE4244 #92DE42 #42DEDC

split-complementary

#8E42DE #DEDC42 #44DE42

monochromatic

#51198D #6F22C1 #8E42DE #AD76E7 #CCAAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#8E42DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#8E42DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E42DE

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E42DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E42DE	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D688C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e42de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 66, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.224 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57ce9',
    500: '#8e42de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e42de;
$custom-light: #b57ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e42de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55731,
    "c": 0.22446,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E42DE

secondary

#BFDE9E

accent

#ED3B96

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E42DE

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

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