#9042D1#9042D1

#9042D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.211 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9042D1
RGB	rgb(144, 66, 209)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(273, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 68.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 57.92, -60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 83.88, 313.67°)
OKLab	oklab(55% 0.1226 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(55% 0.211 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9559, 14.4293, 61.7797)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9042D1 #83D142

analogous

#4942D1 #9042D1 #D142CB

triadic

#9042D1 #D19042 #42D190

tetradic

#9042D1 #D14942 #83D142 #42CBD1

square

#9042D1 #D14942 #83D142 #42CBD1

split-complementary

#9042D1 #CBD142 #42D149

monochromatic

#511E7B #712AAC #9042D1 #AD73DD #CAA4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#9042D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#9042D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9042D1

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9042D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9042D1	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D6ACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9042d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 66, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.211 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57ce0',
    500: '#9042d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9042d1;
$custom-light: #b57ce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9042d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55004,
    "c": 0.21141,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9042D1

secondary

#B5D699

accent

#E4448D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9042D1

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

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