#8F42E8#8F42E8

#8F42E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.235 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F42E8
RGB	rgb(143, 66, 232)
HSL	hsl(268, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(268, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 71.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.39, 63.11, -71.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.39, 95.20, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% 0.1175 -0.2034)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.235 300)
XYZ	xyz(27.8378, 15.5620, 77.8654)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F42E8 #9BE842

analogous

#4248E8 #8F42E8 #E242E8

triadic

#8F42E8 #E88F42 #42E88F

tetradic

#8F42E8 #E84248 #9BE842 #42E8E2

square

#8F42E8 #E84248 #9BE842 #42E8E2

split-complementary

#8F42E8 #E8E242 #48E842

monochromatic

#53139D #701AD3 #8F42E8 #AF79EF #D0AFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#8F42E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#8F42E8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F42E8

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F42E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F42E8	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f42e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 66, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.235 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b77df0',
    500: '#8f42e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f42e8;
$custom-light: #b77df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f42e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.831,
    "s": 78.302,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56607,
    "c": 0.23494,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.15562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F42E8

secondary

#C5E4A2

accent

#F5339B

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F42E8

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

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