#9A42D6#9A42D6

#9A42D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.219 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A42D6
RGB	rgb(154, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(276, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(276, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.47, 61.05, -60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.47, 86.19, 315.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% 0.1351 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.219 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4097, 15.6219, 65.1767)
Luminance	0.1562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A42D6 #7ED642

analogous

#5042D6 #9A42D6 #D642C8

triadic

#9A42D6 #D69A42 #42D69A

tetradic

#9A42D6 #D65042 #7ED642 #42C8D6

square

#9A42D6 #D65042 #7ED642 #42C8D6

split-complementary

#9A42D6 #C8D642 #42D650

monochromatic

#581C82 #7B27B4 #9A42D6 #B574E1 #D0A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#9A42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#9A42D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A42D6

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A42D6	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D6FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.219 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc7de3',
    500: '#9a42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a42d6;
$custom-light: #bc7de3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.676,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56554,
    "c": 0.21904,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A42D6

secondary

#B4D99B

accent

#E74084

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A42D6

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

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