#9A42E5#9A42E5

#9A42E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.234 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A42E5
RGB	rgb(154, 66, 229)
HSL	hsl(272, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(272, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 71.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 64.39, -67.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 93.41, 313.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% 0.1329 -0.1925)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.234 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4143, 16.4237, 75.7340)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A42E5 #8DE542

analogous

#4942E5 #9A42E5 #E542DE

triadic

#9A42E5 #E59A42 #42E59A

tetradic

#9A42E5 #E54942 #8DE542 #42DEE5

square

#9A42E5 #E54942 #8DE542 #42DEE5

split-complementary

#9A42E5 #DEE542 #42E549

monochromatic

#5C1598 #7C1CCE #9A42E5 #B778EC #D3AEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#9A42E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#9A42E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A42E5

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A42E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A42E5	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C6990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a42e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 66, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.234 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7eee',
    500: '#9a42e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a42e5;
$custom-light: #bd7eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a42e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.393,
    "s": 75.814,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57633,
    "c": 0.23392,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A42E5

secondary

#BFE2A1

accent

#F2358C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A42E5

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

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