#8F42DC#8F42DC

#8F42DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.223 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F42DC
RGB	rgb(143, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 70%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.50, 60.28, -65.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.50, 89.32, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% 0.1196 -0.1877)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.223 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1911, 14.9033, 69.1931)
Luminance	0.1490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F42DC #8FDC42

analogous

#4242DC #8F42DC #DC42DC

triadic

#8F42DC #DC8F42 #42DC8F

tetradic

#8F42DC #DC4242 #8FDC42 #42DCDC

square

#8F42DC #DC4242 #8FDC42 #42DCDC

split-complementary

#8F42DC #DCDC42 #42DC42

monochromatic

#521A8A #7023BE #8F42DC #AE76E6 #CCA9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#8F42DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#8F42DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F42DC

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F42DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F42DC	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F678B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f42dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.223 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b67ce8',
    500: '#8f42dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f42dc;
$custom-light: #b67ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f42dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55694,
    "c": 0.22258,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F42DC

secondary

#BDDD9D

accent

#EC3C94

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F42DC

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

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