#9A42E7#9A42E7

#9A42E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.236 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A42E7
RGB	rgb(154, 66, 231)
HSL	hsl(272, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(272, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 71.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 64.83, -68.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 94.37, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% 0.1326 -0.1951)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.236 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6951, 16.5361, 77.2132)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A42E7 #8FE742

analogous

#4742E7 #9A42E7 #E742E2

triadic

#9A42E7 #E79A42 #42E79A

tetradic

#9A42E7 #E74742 #8FE742 #42E2E7

square

#9A42E7 #E74742 #8FE742 #42E2E7

split-complementary

#9A42E7 #E2E742 #42E747

monochromatic

#5C149B #7C1BD1 #9A42E7 #B778EE #D4AFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#9A42E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#9A42E7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A42E7

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A42E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A42E7	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B6A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a42e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 66, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.236 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7ef0',
    500: '#9a42e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a42e7;
$custom-light: #be7ef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a42e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57781,
    "c": 0.23591,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A42E7

secondary

#C0E3A2

accent

#F4348D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A42E7

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

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