#9C42D5#9C42D5

#9C42D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.219 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C42D5
RGB	rgb(156, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 61.24, -59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 85.69, 315.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.1378 -0.1697)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.219 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6663, 15.7689, 64.5241)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C42D5 #7BD542

analogous

#5342D5 #9C42D5 #D542C4

triadic

#9C42D5 #D59C42 #42D59C

tetradic

#9C42D5 #D55342 #7BD542 #42C4D5

square

#9C42D5 #D55342 #7BD542 #42C4D5

split-complementary

#9C42D5 #C4D542 #42D553

monochromatic

#591C80 #7C28B2 #9C42D5 #B674E0 #D0A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#9C42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#9C42D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C42D5

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C42D5	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2470D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.219 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7de3',
    500: '#9c42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c42d5;
$custom-light: #be7de3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.735,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56728,
    "c": 0.21862,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C42D5

secondary

#B2D89A

accent

#E74181

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C42D5

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

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