#9B42E7#9B42E7

#9B42E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.236 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9B42E7
RGBrgb(155, 66, 231)
HSLhsl(272, 77%, 58%)
HSVhsv(272, 71%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(32.9%, 71.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(47.80, 65.02, -68.36)
CIE-LCHlch(47.80, 94.34, 313.56°)
OKLaboklab(57.9% 0.1339 -0.1945)
OKLCHoklch(57.9% 0.236 304.5)
XYZxyz(29.8863, 16.6346, 77.2221)
Luminance0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9B42E7 #8EE742
analogous
#4842E7 #9B42E7 #E742E0
triadic
#9B42E7 #E79B42 #42E79B
tetradic
#9B42E7 #E74842 #8EE742 #42E0E7
square
#9B42E7 #E74842 #8EE742 #42E0E7
split-complementary
#9B42E7 #E0E742 #42E748
monochromatic
#5D149B #7D1BD1 #9B42E7 #B878EE #D4AFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85
#9B42E7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33
#9B42E7 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B42E7
4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9B42E7#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##9B42E71.004.854.334.85
#FFFFFF4.851.0021.001.00
#0000004.3321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.851.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006FEC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0071E4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8D6A91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9b42e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 66, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.236 304.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7ef0',
    500: '#9b42e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9b42e7;
$custom-light: #be7ef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9b42e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.364,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57898,
    "c": 0.23611,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9B42E7
secondary
#C0E3A2
accent
#F4348C
background
#FCF8FE
surface
#F8EFFD
border
#D1CAD5
text
#130A17
muted
#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B42E7

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#9B42E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva