#9B42D7#9B42D7

#9B42D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.220 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B42D7
RGB	rgb(155, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(276, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(276, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 61.47, -61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 86.66, 315.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% 0.1363 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.22 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7290, 15.7717, 65.8603)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B42D7 #7ED742

analogous

#5042D7 #9B42D7 #D742C9

triadic

#9B42D7 #D79B42 #42D79B

tetradic

#9B42D7 #D75042 #7ED742 #42C9D7

square

#9B42D7 #D75042 #7ED742 #42C9D7

split-complementary

#9B42D7 #C9D742 #42D750

monochromatic

#591C83 #7C26B5 #9B42D7 #B675E2 #D0A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#9B42D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#9B42D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B42D7

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B42D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B42D7	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D70D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#926388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b42d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.220 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7de4',
    500: '#9b42d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b42d7;
$custom-light: #bd7de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b42d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.839,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56746,
    "c": 0.22031,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B42D7

secondary

#B4DA9B

accent

#E84084

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B42D7

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

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