#9A42BC#9A42BC

#9A42BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.193 H 315.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A42BC
RGB	rgb(154, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(283, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(283, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.80, 55.50, -48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.80, 73.71, 318.85°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% 0.1372 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.193 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3503, 14.3981, 49.0636)
Luminance	0.1440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A42BC #64BC42

analogous

#5D42BC #9A42BC #BC42A1

triadic

#9A42BC #BC9A42 #42BC9A

tetradic

#9A42BC #BC5D42 #64BC42 #42A1BC

square

#9A42BC #BC5D42 #64BC42 #42A1BC

split-complementary

#9A42BC #A1BC42 #42BC5D

monochromatic

#502261 #75328F #9A42BC #B26FCC #CA9CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#9A42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#9A42BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A42BC

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A42BC	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C65C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#406CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.193 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb7cd1',
    500: '#9a42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a42bc;
$custom-light: #bb7cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.279,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54818,
    "c": 0.19335,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A42BC

secondary

#A1C991

accent

#D85076

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#120A14

muted

#817C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A42BC

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

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