#9942E2#9942E2

#9942E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.231 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9942E2
RGB	rgb(153, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(273, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 63.53, -66.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 91.99, 313.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% 0.1321 -0.1892)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.231 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8095, 16.1599, 73.5382)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9942E2 #8BE242

analogous

#4942E2 #9942E2 #E242DB

triadic

#9942E2 #E29942 #42E299

tetradic

#9942E2 #E24942 #8BE242 #42DBE2

square

#9942E2 #E24942 #8BE242 #42DBE2

split-complementary

#9942E2 #DBE242 #42E249

monochromatic

#5A1793 #7B1FC8 #9942E2 #B677EA #D2ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#9942E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#9942E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9942E2

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9942E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9942E2	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B688E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9942e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.231 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7dec',
    500: '#9942e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9942e2;
$custom-light: #bd7dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9942e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.625,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57296,
    "c": 0.23072,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9942E2

secondary

#BDE09F

accent

#F0388C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9942E2

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

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