#9B42D8#9B42D8

#9B42D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.221 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B42D8
RGB	rgb(155, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(276, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(276, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.74, 61.69, -61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.74, 87.14, 315.07°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.1362 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.221 308)
XYZ	xyz(27.8579, 15.8233, 66.5391)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B42D8 #7FD842

analogous

#5042D8 #9B42D8 #D842CA

triadic

#9B42D8 #D89B42 #42D89B

tetradic

#9B42D8 #D85042 #7FD842 #42CAD8

square

#9B42D8 #D85042 #7FD842 #42CAD8

split-complementary

#9B42D8 #CAD842 #42D850

monochromatic

#5A1B84 #7C26B7 #9B42D8 #B675E2 #D1A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#9B42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#9B42D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B42D8

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B42D8	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B70D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.221 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7de5',
    500: '#9b42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b42d8;
$custom-light: #bd7de5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56816,
    "c": 0.2213,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.15823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B42D8

secondary

#B5DA9C

accent

#E93F84

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B42D8

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

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