#9C42DC#9C42DC

#9C42DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.226 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C42DC
RGB	rgb(156, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(275, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(275, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 70%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.15, 62.76, -63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.15, 89.05, 314.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% 0.1369 -0.1792)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.226 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5741, 16.1320, 69.3048)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C42DC #82DC42

analogous

#4F42DC #9C42DC #DC42CF

triadic

#9C42DC #DC9C42 #42DC9C

tetradic

#9C42DC #DC4F42 #82DC42 #42CFDC

square

#9C42DC #DC4F42 #82DC42 #42CFDC

split-complementary

#9C42DC #CFDC42 #42DC4F

monochromatic

#5B1A8A #7D23BE #9C42DC #B776E6 #D2A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#9C42DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#9C42DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C42DC

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C42DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C42DC	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1271D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91658B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c42dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.226 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7ee8',
    500: '#9c42dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c42dc;
$custom-light: #be7ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c42dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.065,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57219,
    "c": 0.22551,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C42DC

secondary

#B8DD9D

accent

#EC3C85

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C42DC

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

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