#9A42E4#9A42E4

#9A42E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.233 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A42E4
RGB	rgb(154, 66, 228)
HSL	hsl(273, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(273, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 71.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.45, 64.16, -67.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.45, 92.93, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.56% 0.1331 -0.1912)
OKLCH	oklch(57.56% 0.233 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2751, 16.3680, 75.0008)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A42E4 #8CE442

analogous

#4942E4 #9A42E4 #E442DD

triadic

#9A42E4 #E49A42 #42E49A

tetradic

#9A42E4 #E44942 #8CE442 #42DDE4

square

#9A42E4 #E44942 #8CE442 #42DDE4

split-complementary

#9A42E4 #DDE442 #42E449

monochromatic

#5B1596 #7C1DCC #9A42E4 #B778EC #D3ADF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#9A42E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#9A42E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A42E4

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A42E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A42E4	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C698F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a42e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 66, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.233 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7eed',
    500: '#9a42e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a42e4;
$custom-light: #bd7eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a42e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.593,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5756,
    "c": 0.23293,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A42E4

secondary

#BEE2A0

accent

#F2368C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A42E4

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

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