#9A42D5#9A42D5

#9A42D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.218 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A42D5
RGB	rgb(154, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(276, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(276, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.41, 60.83, -60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.41, 85.71, 315.21°)
OKLab	oklab(56.48% 0.1352 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(56.48% 0.218 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2824, 15.5710, 64.5062)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A42D5 #7DD542

analogous

#5042D5 #9A42D5 #D542C7

triadic

#9A42D5 #D59A42 #42D59A

tetradic

#9A42D5 #D55042 #7DD542 #42C7D5

square

#9A42D5 #D55042 #7DD542 #42C7D5

split-complementary

#9A42D5 #C7D542 #42D550

monochromatic

#581C80 #7B28B2 #9A42D5 #B574E0 #D0A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#9A42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#9A42D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A42D5

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A42D5	1.00	5.10	4.11	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F6FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.218 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc7de3',
    500: '#9a42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a42d5;
$custom-light: #bc7de3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.918,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56484,
    "c": 0.21805,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A42D5

secondary

#B3D89A

accent

#E74184

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#120A15

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A42D5

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

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