#9742C4#9742C4

#9742C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.200 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9742C4
RGB	rgb(151, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(279, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(279, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 66.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.89, 56.51, -53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.89, 77.50, 316.81°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% 0.133 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.2 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6727, 14.4619, 53.7056)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9742C4 #6FC442

analogous

#5642C4 #9742C4 #C442B0

triadic

#9742C4 #C49742 #42C497

tetradic

#9742C4 #C45642 #6FC442 #42B0C4

square

#9742C4 #C45642 #6FC442 #42B0C4

split-complementary

#9742C4 #B0C442 #42C456

monochromatic

#51216A #753099 #9742C4 #B171D3 #CA9FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#9742C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#9742C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9742C4

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9742C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9742C4	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)

#0066C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#346CC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#925C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9742c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.200 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b97cd7',
    500: '#9742c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9742c4;
$custom-light: #b97cd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9742c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54956,
    "c": 0.20019,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9742C4

secondary

#A8CE94

accent

#DC4C7E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F7EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#120A14

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9742C4

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

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