#9A42E1#9A42E1

#9A42E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.230 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A42E1
RGB	rgb(154, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(273, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, 63.49, -65.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 91.49, 313.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% 0.1336 -0.1872)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.23 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8622, 16.2029, 72.8265)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A42E1 #89E142

analogous

#4B42E1 #9A42E1 #E142D8

triadic

#9A42E1 #E19A42 #42E19A

tetradic

#9A42E1 #E14B42 #89E142 #42D8E1

square

#9A42E1 #E14B42 #89E142 #42D8E1

split-complementary

#9A42E1 #D8E142 #42E14B

monochromatic

#5B1792 #7C1FC6 #9A42E1 #B677E9 #D2ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#9A42E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#9A42E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A42E1

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A42E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A42E1	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D678D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a42e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.230 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7eeb',
    500: '#9a42e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a42e1;
$custom-light: #bd7eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a42e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.208,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5734,
    "c": 0.22996,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A42E1

secondary

#BCE09F

accent

#EF388A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A42E1

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

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