#8F42D8#8F42D8

#8F42D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.218 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F42D8
RGB	rgb(143, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.21, 59.34, -64.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.21, 87.35, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(55.4% 0.1203 -0.1824)
OKLCH	oklch(55.4% 0.218 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6677, 14.6940, 66.4364)
Luminance	0.1469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F42D8 #8BD842

analogous

#4442D8 #8F42D8 #D842D6

triadic

#8F42D8 #D88F42 #42D88F

tetradic

#8F42D8 #D84442 #8BD842 #42D6D8

square

#8F42D8 #D84442 #8BD842 #42D6D8

split-complementary

#8F42D8 #D6D842 #42D844

monochromatic

#511B84 #7026B7 #8F42D8 #AD75E2 #CBA7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#8F42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#8F42D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F42D8

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F42D8	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.218 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57ce5',
    500: '#8f42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f42d8;
$custom-light: #b57ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55397,
    "c": 0.21844,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F42D8

secondary

#BADA9C

accent

#E93F92

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F42D8

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

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