#8F42CB#8F42CB

#8F42CB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.205 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F42CB
RGB	rgb(143, 66, 203)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 67.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.30, 56.34, -58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.30, 80.93, 314.12°)
OKLab	oklab(54.46% 0.122 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(54.46% 0.205 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0531, 14.0481, 57.9328)
Luminance	0.1405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F42CB #7ECB42

analogous

#4B42CB #8F42CB #CB42C2

triadic

#8F42CB #CB8F42 #42CB8F

tetradic

#8F42CB #CB4B42 #7ECB42 #42C2CB

square

#8F42CB #CB4B42 #7ECB42 #42C2CB

split-complementary

#8F42CB #C2CB42 #42CB4B

monochromatic

#4E2073 #6F2DA3 #8F42CB #AB72D8 #C8A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#8F42CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#8F42CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F42CB

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F42CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F42CB	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C69C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f42cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 66, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.205 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47cdc',
    500: '#8f42cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f42cb;
$custom-light: #b47cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f42cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.723,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54459,
    "c": 0.20495,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F42CB

secondary

#B1D297

accent

#E0488A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F42CB

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

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