#9C42D0#9C42D0

#9C42D0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.214 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C42D0
RGB	rgb(156, 66, 208)
HSL	hsl(278, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 68.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.34, 60.16, -57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.34, 83.29, 316.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% 0.1384 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.214 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0415, 15.5190, 61.2332)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C42D0 #76D042

analogous

#5542D0 #9C42D0 #D042BD

triadic

#9C42D0 #D09C42 #42D09C

tetradic

#9C42D0 #D05542 #76D042 #42BDD0

square

#9C42D0 #D05542 #76D042 #42BDD0

split-complementary

#9C42D0 #BDD042 #42D055

monochromatic

#581E79 #7C2AAA #9C42D0 #B673DC #CFA4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#9C42D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#9C42D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C42D0

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C42D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C42D0	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C6FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c42d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 66, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.214 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7ddf',
    500: '#9c42d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c42d0;
$custom-light: #bd7ddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c42d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.028,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56384,
    "c": 0.2137,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C42D0

secondary

#AFD599

accent

#E3447F

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C42D0

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

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