#9842E2#9842E2

#9842E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.231 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9842E2
RGB	rgb(152, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(272, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.06, 63.34, -66.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.06, 92.02, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.1307 -0.1898)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.231 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6215, 16.0629, 73.5294)
Luminance	0.1606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9842E2 #8CE242

analogous

#4842E2 #9842E2 #E242DC

triadic

#9842E2 #E29842 #42E298

tetradic

#9842E2 #E24842 #8CE242 #42DCE2

square

#9842E2 #E24842 #8CE242 #42DCE2

split-complementary

#9842E2 #DCE242 #42E248

monochromatic

#591793 #7A1FC8 #9842E2 #B577EA #D2ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#9842E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#9842E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9842E2

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9842E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9842E2	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A688E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9842e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.231 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc7dec',
    500: '#9842e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9842e2;
$custom-light: #bc7dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9842e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57179,
    "c": 0.23051,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9842E2

secondary

#BDE09F

accent

#F0388D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9842E2

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

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