#9B42DD#9B42DD

#9B42DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.226 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B42DD
RGB	rgb(155, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(274, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, 62.79, -63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 89.54, 314.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.1355 -0.1812)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.226 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5141, 16.0858, 69.9953)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B42DD #84DD42

analogous

#4E42DD #9B42DD #DD42D1

triadic

#9B42DD #DD9B42 #42DD9B

tetradic

#9B42DD #DD4E42 #84DD42 #42D1DD

square

#9B42DD #DD4E42 #84DD42 #42D1DD

split-complementary

#9B42DD #D1DD42 #42DD4E

monochromatic

#5B198C #7D22BF #9B42DD #B676E6 #D2AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#9B42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#9B42DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B42DD

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B42DD	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0870DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90668B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.226 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7de8',
    500: '#9b42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b42dd;
$custom-light: #be7de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.452,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57171,
    "c": 0.22624,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B42DD

secondary

#B9DD9D

accent

#EC3B87

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B42DD

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

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