#9942DD#9942DD

#9942DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.226 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9942DD
RGB	rgb(153, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(274, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.83, 62.41, -64.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.83, 89.58, 314.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% 0.1328 -0.1825)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.226 306)
XYZ	xyz(28.1334, 15.8894, 69.9775)
Luminance	0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9942DD #86DD42

analogous

#4C42DD #9942DD #DD42D4

triadic

#9942DD #DD9942 #42DD99

tetradic

#9942DD #DD4C42 #86DD42 #42D4DD

square

#9942DD #DD4C42 #86DD42 #42D4DD

split-complementary

#9942DD #D4DD42 #42DD4C

monochromatic

#59198C #7B22BF #9942DD #B576E6 #D1AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#9942DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#9942DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9942DD

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9942DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9942DD	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D668B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9942dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.226 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc7de8',
    500: '#9942dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9942dd;
$custom-light: #bc7de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9942dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.677,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56932,
    "c": 0.22575,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.15889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9942DD

secondary

#B9DD9D

accent

#EC3B89

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9942DD

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

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