#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
RGB	rgb(155, 66, 231)
HSL	hsl(272, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(272, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 71.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 65.02, -68.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 94.34, 313.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% 0.1339 -0.1945)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.236 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8863, 16.6346, 77.2221)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##9B42E7	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

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.

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