#9B42E9#9B42E9

#9B42E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.238 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B42E9
RGB	rgb(155, 66, 233)
HSL	hsl(272, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 71.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 65.47, -69.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 95.30, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.1335 -0.1971)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.238 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1704, 16.7483, 78.7183)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B42E9 #90E942

analogous

#4742E9 #9B42E9 #E942E3

triadic

#9B42E9 #E99B42 #42E99B

tetradic

#9B42E9 #E94742 #90E942 #42E3E9

square

#9B42E9 #E94742 #90E942 #42E3E9

split-complementary

#9B42E9 #E3E942 #42E947

monochromatic

#5D129E #7D19D5 #9B42E9 #B879EF #D5B0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#9B42E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#9B42E9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B42E9

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B42E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B42E9	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C6A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b42e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 66, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.238 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7ef1',
    500: '#9b42e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b42e9;
$custom-light: #be7ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b42e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.976,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58046,
    "c": 0.23809,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B42E9

secondary

#C1E4A2

accent

#F6328D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B42E9

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

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