#9B42DA#9B42DA

#9B42DA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.223 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B42DA
RGB	rgb(155, 66, 218)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(275, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 69.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.88, 62.13, -62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.88, 88.10, 314.85°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.1359 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.223 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1180, 15.9273, 67.9091)
Luminance	0.1593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B42DA #81DA42

analogous

#4F42DA #9B42DA #DA42CD

triadic

#9B42DA #DA9B42 #42DA9B

tetradic

#9B42DA #DA4F42 #81DA42 #42CDDA

square

#9B42DA #DA4F42 #81DA42 #42CDDA

split-complementary

#9B42DA #CDDA42 #42DA4F

monochromatic

#5A1A87 #7C24BA #9B42DA #B675E4 #D1A8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#9B42DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#9B42DA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B42DA

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B42DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B42DA	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1570D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91648A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b42da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 66, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.223 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7de6',
    500: '#9b42da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b42da;
$custom-light: #bd7de6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b42da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.132,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56957,
    "c": 0.22328,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B42DA

secondary

#B6DB9C

accent

#EA3E85

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B42DA

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

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