#8F42D5#8F42D5

#8F42D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.215 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F42D5
RGB	rgb(143, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, 58.64, -62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 85.87, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% 0.1207 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.215 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2834, 14.5402, 64.4124)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F42D5 #88D542

analogous

#4642D5 #8F42D5 #D542D1

triadic

#8F42D5 #D58F42 #42D58F

tetradic

#8F42D5 #D54642 #88D542 #42D1D5

square

#8F42D5 #D54642 #88D542 #42D1D5

split-complementary

#8F42D5 #D1D542 #42D546

monochromatic

#511C80 #7028B2 #8F42D5 #AD74E0 #CAA6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8F42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8F42D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F42D5

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F42D5	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.215 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57ce3',
    500: '#8f42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f42d5;
$custom-light: #b57ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55177,
    "c": 0.21533,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F42D5

secondary

#B8D89A

accent

#E74190

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A15

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F42D5

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

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