#9B42D2#9B42D2

#9B42D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.215 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B42D2
RGB	rgb(155, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(277, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(277, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.34, 60.38, -58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.34, 84.26, 315.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.1369 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.215 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0963, 15.5187, 62.5283)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B42D2 #79D242

analogous

#5342D2 #9B42D2 #D242C1

triadic

#9B42D2 #D29B42 #42D29B

tetradic

#9B42D2 #D25342 #79D242 #42C1D2

square

#9B42D2 #D25342 #79D242 #42C1D2

split-complementary

#9B42D2 #C1D242 #42D253

monochromatic

#581E7C #7B29AD #9B42D2 #B573DE #CFA5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#9B42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#9B42D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B42D2

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B42D2	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#276FCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#936185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.215 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7de1',
    500: '#9b42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b42d2;
$custom-light: #bd7de1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.083,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56398,
    "c": 0.21537,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B42D2

secondary

#B1D799

accent

#E54381

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B42D2

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

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