#9B42BC#9B42BC

#9B42BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.194 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B42BC
RGB	rgb(155, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(284, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(284, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, 55.73, -48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 73.73, 319.10°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% 0.1385 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.194 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5415, 14.4967, 49.0726)
Luminance	0.1450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B42BC #63BC42

analogous

#5E42BC #9B42BC #BC42A0

triadic

#9B42BC #BC9B42 #42BC9B

tetradic

#9B42BC #BC5E42 #63BC42 #42A0BC

square

#9B42BC #BC5E42 #63BC42 #42A0BC

split-complementary

#9B42BC #A0BC42 #42BC5E

monochromatic

#502261 #76328F #9B42BC #B36FCC #CB9CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#9B42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#9B42BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B42BC

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B42BC	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E65C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#416DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#995979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.194 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc7cd1',
    500: '#9b42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b42bc;
$custom-light: #bc7cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.77,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54947,
    "c": 0.19374,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B42BC

secondary

#A0C991

accent

#D85075

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#120A14

muted

#817C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B42BC

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

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