#9A42E9#9A42E9

#9A42E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.238 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A42E9
RGB	rgb(154, 66, 233)
HSL	hsl(272, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 71.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, 65.29, -69.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 95.33, 313.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.1322 -0.1978)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.238 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9792, 16.6497, 78.7093)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A42E9 #91E942

analogous

#4642E9 #9A42E9 #E942E4

triadic

#9A42E9 #E99A42 #42E99A

tetradic

#9A42E9 #E94642 #91E942 #42E4E9

square

#9A42E9 #E94642 #91E942 #42E4E9

split-complementary

#9A42E9 #E4E942 #42E946

monochromatic

#5C129E #7C19D5 #9A42E9 #B779EF #D5B0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#9A42E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#9A42E9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A42E9

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A42E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A42E9	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A6B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a42e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 66, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.238 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7ef1',
    500: '#9a42e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a42e9;
$custom-light: #be7ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a42e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.617,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5793,
    "c": 0.23788,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A42E9

secondary

#C2E4A2

accent

#F6328F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A42E9

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

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