#8F42C8#8F42C8

#8F42C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.202 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F42C8
RGB	rgb(143, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.10, 55.66, -56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.10, 79.44, 314.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.25% 0.1223 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(54.25% 0.202 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6990, 13.9065, 56.0681)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F42C8 #7BC842

analogous

#4C42C8 #8F42C8 #C842BE

triadic

#8F42C8 #C88F42 #42C88F

tetradic

#8F42C8 #C84C42 #7BC842 #42BEC8

square

#8F42C8 #C84C42 #7BC842 #42BEC8

split-complementary

#8F42C8 #BEC842 #42C84C

monochromatic

#4E206F #6F2E9F #8F42C8 #AB71D6 #C7A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#8F42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#8F42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F42C8

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F42C8	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2269C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.202 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47cd9',
    500: '#8f42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f42c8;
$custom-light: #b47cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.478,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54249,
    "c": 0.20183,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F42C8

secondary

#AFD096

accent

#DE4A89

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F42C8

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

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