#8F42BB#8F42BB

#8F42BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.188 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F42BB
RGB	rgb(143, 66, 187)
HSL	hsl(278, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(278, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 64.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.25, 52.75, -50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.25, 73.02, 316.25°)
OKLab	oklab(53.37% 0.1233 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(53.37% 0.188 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2439, 13.3244, 48.4042)
Luminance	0.1332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F42BB #6EBB42

analogous

#5342BB #8F42BB #BB42AB

triadic

#8F42BB #BB8F42 #42BB8F

tetradic

#8F42BB #BB5342 #6EBB42 #42ABBB

square

#8F42BB #BB5342 #6EBB42 #42ABBB

split-complementary

#8F42BB #ABBB42 #42BB53

monochromatic

#4A2261 #6C328E #8F42BB #AA6ECC #C49CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#8F42BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#8F42BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F42BB

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F42BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F42BB	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3468B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f42bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 66, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.188 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37bd0',
    500: '#8f42bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f42bb;
$custom-light: #b37bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f42bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53366,
    "c": 0.18833,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F42BB

secondary

#A5C891

accent

#D75081

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F42BB

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

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