#9942E0#9942E0

#9942E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.229 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9942E0
RGB	rgb(153, 66, 224)
HSL	hsl(273, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(273, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.04, 63.08, -65.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.04, 91.03, 313.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% 0.1324 -0.1865)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.229 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5366, 16.0508, 72.1013)
Luminance	0.1605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9942E0 #89E042

analogous

#4A42E0 #9942E0 #E042D8

triadic

#9942E0 #E09942 #42E099

tetradic

#9942E0 #E04A42 #89E042 #42D8E0

square

#9942E0 #E04A42 #89E042 #42D8E0

split-complementary

#9942E0 #D8E042 #42E04A

monochromatic

#5A1890 #7B20C5 #9942E0 #B577E9 #D2ABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#9942E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#9942E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9942E0

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9942E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9942E0	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)

#006DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C678D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9942e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 66, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.229 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc7deb',
    500: '#9942e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9942e0;
$custom-light: #bc7deb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9942e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.038,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5715,
    "c": 0.22873,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9942E0

secondary

#BCDF9F

accent

#EF398B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9942E0

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

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