All About Color #8E42FF

#8E42FF

About #8E42FF

#8E42FF is a light purple color with the hex code #8E42FF. In RGB it is red 142, green 66, blue 255; in HSL it is hue 264°, saturation 100%, lightness 63%; in CMYK it is 44%, 74%, 0%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 4.80:1 on white and 4.37:1 on black.

#8E42FF Color Conversion

Hex triplet8E, 42, FF
CMYK44.31%, 74.12%, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal142, 66, 255
HSL264°, 100%, 63%
RGB Octal216, 102, 377
HSV (HSB)264.13°, 74.12%, 100.00%
RGB Binary10001110, 1000010, 11111111
CIE-L*AB48.09, 68.48, -81.42
RGB Percent55.69%, 25.88%, 100.00%
CIE-L*CH48.09, 106.39, 310.07
XYZ31.15, 16.87, 96.22
CIE-L*UV48.09, 12.32, -127.11
xyY0.22, 0.12, 16.87
Hunter-Lab41.07, 63.53, -110.16
RYB55.69%, 25.88%, 100.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#8E42FF on a dark background: contrast 4.37:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#8E42FF on a light background: contrast 4.80:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #8E42FF, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #8E42FF. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#8E42FF · #C59EFF · #5C00E6 · #B4FF42 · #D8FF9E

Analogous palette

#42B4FF · #4255FF · #8E42FF · #EC42FF · #FF42B4

Triadic palette

#8E42FF · #FF8E42 · #42FF8E · #C59EFF · #FFC59E

Tetradic palette

#8E42FF · #FF4255 · #B4FF42 · #42FFEC · #5C00E6

Monochromatic palette

#4300A8 · #6200F5 · #8E42FF · #BC8FFF · #EADBFF

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