#9042D8#9042D8

#9042D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.219 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9042D8
RGB	rgb(144, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.34, 59.53, -63.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.34, 87.33, 312.98°)
OKLab	oklab(55.51% 0.1216 -0.1817)
OKLCH	oklch(55.51% 0.219 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8416, 14.7836, 66.4446)
Luminance	0.1478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9042D8 #8AD842

analogous

#4542D8 #9042D8 #D842D5

triadic

#9042D8 #D89042 #42D890

tetradic

#9042D8 #D84542 #8AD842 #42D5D8

square

#9042D8 #D84542 #8AD842 #42D5D8

split-complementary

#9042D8 #D5D842 #42D845

monochromatic

#521B84 #7126B7 #9042D8 #AE75E2 #CCA7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#9042D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#9042D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9042D8

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9042D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9042D8	1.00	5.31	3.96	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9042d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.219 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b67ce5',
    500: '#9042d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9042d8;
$custom-light: #b67ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9042d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55513,
    "c": 0.21865,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9042D8

secondary

#BADA9C

accent

#E93F91

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9042D8

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

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