#9A42DD#9A42DD

#9A42DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.226 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A42DD
RGB	rgb(154, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(274, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, 62.60, -64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 89.56, 314.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% 0.1342 -0.1819)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.226 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3230, 15.9872, 69.9863)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A42DD #85DD42

analogous

#4D42DD #9A42DD #DD42D2

triadic

#9A42DD #DD9A42 #42DD9A

tetradic

#9A42DD #DD4D42 #85DD42 #42D2DD

square

#9A42DD #DD4D42 #85DD42 #42D2DD

split-complementary

#9A42DD #D2DD42 #42DD4D

monochromatic

#5A198C #7C22BF #9A42DD #B676E6 #D1AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#9A42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#9A42DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A42DD

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A42DD	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0270DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E668B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.226 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7de8',
    500: '#9a42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a42dd;
$custom-light: #bd7de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.065,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57051,
    "c": 0.22599,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A42DD

secondary

#B9DD9D

accent

#EC3B88

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A42DD

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

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