#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
RGBrgb(154, 66, 233)
HSLhsl(272, 79%, 59%)
HSVhsv(272, 72%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(33.9%, 71.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(47.82, 65.29, -69.47)
CIE-LCHlch(47.82, 95.33, 313.22°)
OKLaboklab(57.93% 0.1322 -0.1978)
OKLCHoklch(57.93% 0.238 303.8)
XYZxyz(29.9792, 16.6497, 78.7093)
Luminance0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##9A42E91.004.854.334.85
#FFFFFF4.851.0021.001.00
#0000004.3321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.851.0021.001.00

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

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#9A42E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva