#942E8B#942E8B

#942E8B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.173 H 331.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#942E8B
RGB	rgb(148, 46, 139)
HSL	hsl(305, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(305, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 6.1%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.05, 53.36, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.05, 61.21, 330.67°)
OKLab	oklab(48.86% 0.1526 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(48.86% 0.173 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8499, 10.1154, 25.4334)
Luminance	0.1011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#942E8B #2E9437

analogous

#6A2E94 #942E8B #942E58

triadic

#942E8B #8B942E #2E8B94

tetradic

#942E8B #946A2E #2E9437 #2E5894

square

#942E8B #946A2E #2E9437 #2E5894

split-complementary

#942E8B #58942E #2E946A

monochromatic

#371133 #651F5F #942E8B #C33DB7 #D16BC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#942E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#942E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #942E8B

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##942E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##942E8B	1.00	6.95	3.02	6.95
#FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#28508E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A3959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #942e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 46, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.173 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b770ad',
    500: '#942e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #942e8b;
$custom-light: #b770ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#942e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.294,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48865,
    "c": 0.17339,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#942E8B

secondary

#66B86D

accent

#DC594C

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#120810

muted

#817B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #942E8B

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

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