#9042C8#9042C8

#9042C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.202 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9042C8
RGB	rgb(144, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(275, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(275, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, 55.87, -56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 79.44, 314.69°)
OKLab	oklab(54.37% 0.1236 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(54.37% 0.202 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8730, 13.9962, 56.0763)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9042C8 #7AC842

analogous

#4D42C8 #9042C8 #C842BD

triadic

#9042C8 #C89042 #42C890

tetradic

#9042C8 #C84D42 #7AC842 #42BDC8

square

#9042C8 #C84D42 #7AC842 #42BDC8

split-complementary

#9042C8 #BDC842 #42C84D

monochromatic

#4E206F #702E9F #9042C8 #AC71D6 #C8A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#9042C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#9042C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9042C8

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9042C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9042C8	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2469C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9042c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.202 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57cd9',
    500: '#9042c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9042c8;
$custom-light: #b57cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9042c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.925,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54369,
    "c": 0.20211,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9042C8

secondary

#AED096

accent

#DE4A88

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9042C8

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

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