#8F42E1#8F42E1

#8F42E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.228 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F42E1
RGB	rgb(143, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(269, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.87, 61.45, -68.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.87, 91.77, 312.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% 0.1188 -0.1943)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.228 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8632, 15.1722, 72.7328)
Luminance	0.1517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F42E1 #94E142

analogous

#4244E1 #8F42E1 #DF42E1

triadic

#8F42E1 #E18F42 #42E18F

tetradic

#8F42E1 #E14244 #94E142 #42E1DF

square

#8F42E1 #E14244 #94E142 #42E1DF

split-complementary

#8F42E1 #E1DF42 #44E142

monochromatic

#521792 #701FC6 #8F42E1 #AE77E9 #CEACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#8F42E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#8F42E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F42E1

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F42E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F42E1	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D698D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f42e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.228 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b67deb',
    500: '#8f42e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f42e1;
$custom-light: #b67deb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f42e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.057,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5607,
    "c": 0.22774,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F42E1

secondary

#C0E09F

accent

#EF3897

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F42E1

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

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