#9B42E1#9B42E1

#9B42E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.230 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B42E1
RGB	rgb(155, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.37, 63.68, -65.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.37, 91.47, 314.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.1349 -0.1865)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.23 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0534, 16.3015, 72.8355)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B42E1 #88E142

analogous

#4C42E1 #9B42E1 #E142D8

triadic

#9B42E1 #E19B42 #42E19B

tetradic

#9B42E1 #E14C42 #88E142 #42D8E1

square

#9B42E1 #E14C42 #88E142 #42D8E1

split-complementary

#9B42E1 #D8E142 #42E14C

monochromatic

#5C1792 #7D1FC6 #9B42E1 #B777E9 #D3ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#9B42E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#9B42E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B42E1

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B42E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B42E1	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F678D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b42e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.230 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7eeb',
    500: '#9b42e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b42e1;
$custom-light: #be7eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b42e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.585,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57459,
    "c": 0.23019,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B42E1

secondary

#BCE09F

accent

#EF3889

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B42E1

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

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