#8F42D3#8F42D3

#8F42D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.213 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F42D3
RGB	rgb(143, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(272, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.86, 58.18, -61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.86, 84.88, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(55.03% 0.121 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(55.03% 0.213 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0311, 14.4393, 63.0838)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F42D3 #86D342

analogous

#4742D3 #8F42D3 #D342CF

triadic

#8F42D3 #D38F42 #42D38F

tetradic

#8F42D3 #D34742 #86D342 #42CFD3

square

#8F42D3 #D34742 #86D342 #42CFD3

split-complementary

#8F42D3 #CFD342 #42D347

monochromatic

#501D7D #7029AF #8F42D3 #AC74DF #CAA5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#8F42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#8F42D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F42D3

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F42D3	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.213 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57ce1',
    500: '#8f42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f42d3;
$custom-light: #b57ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.862,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55031,
    "c": 0.21326,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F42D3

secondary

#B6D79A

accent

#E5428F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F42D3

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

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