#9A42C8#9A42C8

#9A42C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.205 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A42C8
RGB	rgb(154, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(279, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(279, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.55, 58.02, -54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.55, 79.45, 316.91°)
OKLab	oklab(55.6% 0.1365 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(55.6% 0.205 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6981, 14.9372, 56.1618)
Luminance	0.1494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A42C8 #70C842

analogous

#5742C8 #9A42C8 #C842B3

triadic

#9A42C8 #C89A42 #42C89A

tetradic

#9A42C8 #C85742 #70C842 #42B3C8

square

#9A42C8 #C85742 #70C842 #42B3C8

split-complementary

#9A42C8 #B3C842 #42C857

monochromatic

#54206F #782E9F #9A42C8 #B371D6 #CDA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#9A42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#9A42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A42C8

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A42C8	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#346EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#945D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.205 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc7dd9',
    500: '#9a42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a42c8;
$custom-light: #bc7dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.403,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55597,
    "c": 0.20517,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A42C8

secondary

#AAD096

accent

#DE4A7D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F7EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A42C8

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

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