#9A42D9#9A42D9

#9A42D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.222 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A42D9
RGB	rgb(154, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(275, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.68, 61.71, -62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.68, 87.64, 314.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% 0.1347 -0.1765)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.222 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7964, 15.7766, 67.2130)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A42D9 #81D942

analogous

#4E42D9 #9A42D9 #D942CC

triadic

#9A42D9 #D99A42 #42D99A

tetradic

#9A42D9 #D94E42 #81D942 #42CCD9

square

#9A42D9 #D94E42 #81D942 #42CCD9

split-complementary

#9A42D9 #CCD942 #42D94E

monochromatic

#591B86 #7B25B9 #9A42D9 #B575E3 #D0A8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#9A42D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#9A42D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A42D9

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A42D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A42D9	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#156FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#906489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a42d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.222 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7de6',
    500: '#9a42d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a42d9;
$custom-light: #bd7de6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a42d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.967,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56766,
    "c": 0.22202,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A42D9

secondary

#B6DB9C

accent

#E93E86

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A42D9

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

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