#9B42E3#9B42E3

#9B42E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.232 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B42E3
RGB	rgb(155, 66, 227)
HSL	hsl(273, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(273, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 70.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.51, 64.12, -66.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.51, 92.43, 313.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% 0.1346 -0.1892)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.232 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3278, 16.4113, 74.2808)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B42E3 #8AE342

analogous

#4B42E3 #9B42E3 #E342DA

triadic

#9B42E3 #E39B42 #42E39B

tetradic

#9B42E3 #E34B42 #8AE342 #42DAE3

square

#9B42E3 #E34B42 #8AE342 #42DAE3

split-complementary

#9B42E3 #DAE342 #42E34B

monochromatic

#5C1695 #7D1ECA #9B42E3 #B777EB #D3ADF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#9B42E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#9B42E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B42E3

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B42E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B42E3	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E688F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b42e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 66, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.232 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7eed',
    500: '#9b42e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b42e3;
$custom-light: #be7eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b42e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.168,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57604,
    "c": 0.23216,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B42E3

secondary

#BDE1A0

accent

#F1378A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B42E3

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

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