#9942E9#9942E9

#9942E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.238 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9942E9
RGB	rgb(153, 66, 233)
HSL	hsl(271, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 71.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 65.11, -69.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 95.36, 313.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% 0.1309 -0.1984)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.238 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7896, 16.5520, 78.7004)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9942E9 #92E942

analogous

#4542E9 #9942E9 #E942E6

triadic

#9942E9 #E99942 #42E999

tetradic

#9942E9 #E94542 #92E942 #42E6E9

square

#9942E9 #E94542 #92E942 #42E6E9

split-complementary

#9942E9 #E6E942 #42E945

monochromatic

#5B129E #7B19D5 #9942E9 #B779EF #D4B0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#9942E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#9942E9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9942E9

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9942E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9942E9	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#896B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9942e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 66, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.238 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7ef1',
    500: '#9942e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9942e9;
$custom-light: #bd7ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9942e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.257,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57814,
    "c": 0.23768,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9942E9

secondary

#C2E4A2

accent

#F63290

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9942E9

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

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