#9B42DB#9B42DB

#9B42DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.224 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B42DB
RGB	rgb(155, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(275, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(275, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 69.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.95, 62.35, -62.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.95, 88.58, 314.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.03% 0.1358 -0.1785)
OKLCH	oklch(57.03% 0.224 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2493, 15.9798, 68.6003)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B42DB #82DB42

analogous

#4E42DB #9B42DB #DB42CE

triadic

#9B42DB #DB9B42 #42DB9B

tetradic

#9B42DB #DB4E42 #82DB42 #42CEDB

square

#9B42DB #DB4E42 #82DB42 #42CEDB

split-complementary

#9B42DB #CEDB42 #42DB4E

monochromatic

#5A1A89 #7C24BC #9B42DB #B675E5 #D1A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#9B42DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#9B42DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B42DB

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B42DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B42DB	1.00	5.01	4.20	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1170D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90658A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b42db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.224 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7de7',
    500: '#9b42db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b42db;
$custom-light: #bd7de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b42db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.902,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57028,
    "c": 0.22427,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B42DB

secondary

#B7DC9D

accent

#EB3D86

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B42DB

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

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