#9B42DC#9B42DC

#9B42DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.225 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B42DC
RGB	rgb(155, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(275, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(275, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 70%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.02, 62.57, -63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.02, 89.06, 314.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.1356 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.225 307)
XYZ	xyz(28.3813, 16.0326, 69.2957)
Luminance	0.1603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B42DC #83DC42

analogous

#4E42DC #9B42DC #DC42D0

triadic

#9B42DC #DC9B42 #42DC9B

tetradic

#9B42DC #DC4E42 #83DC42 #42D0DC

square

#9B42DC #DC4E42 #83DC42 #42D0DC

split-complementary

#9B42DC #D0DC42 #42DC4E

monochromatic

#5B1A8A #7C23BE #9B42DC #B676E6 #D2A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#9B42DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#9B42DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B42DC

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B42DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B42DC	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D70D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90658B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b42dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.225 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7de8',
    500: '#9b42dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b42dc;
$custom-light: #be7de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b42dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.675,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57099,
    "c": 0.22525,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.16032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B42DC

secondary

#B8DD9D

accent

#EC3C86

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B42DC

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

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