#8F42CA#8F42CA

#8F42CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.204 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F42CA
RGB	rgb(143, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, 56.11, -57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 80.43, 314.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% 0.1221 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.204 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9343, 14.0006, 57.3072)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F42CA #7DCA42

analogous

#4B42CA #8F42CA #CA42C1

triadic

#8F42CA #CA8F42 #42CA8F

tetradic

#8F42CA #CA4B42 #7DCA42 #42C1CA

square

#8F42CA #CA4B42 #7DCA42 #42C1CA

split-complementary

#8F42CA #C1CA42 #42CA4B

monochromatic

#4E2072 #6F2DA2 #8F42CA #AB72D7 #C8A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#8F42CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#8F42CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F42CA

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F42CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F42CA	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E69C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f42ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.204 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47cdb',
    500: '#8f42ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f42ca;
$custom-light: #b47cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f42ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.971,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54389,
    "c": 0.20391,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F42CA

secondary

#B0D196

accent

#DF488A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F42CA

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

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