#9C42DD#9C42DD

#9C42DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.226 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C42DD
RGB	rgb(156, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(275, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(275, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.22, 62.98, -63.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.22, 89.53, 314.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% 0.1368 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.226 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7069, 16.1852, 70.0043)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C42DD #83DD42

analogous

#4F42DD #9C42DD #DD42D1

triadic

#9C42DD #DD9C42 #42DD9C

tetradic

#9C42DD #DD4F42 #83DD42 #42D1DD

square

#9C42DD #DD4F42 #83DD42 #42D1DD

split-complementary

#9C42DD #D1DD42 #42DD4F

monochromatic

#5C198C #7E22BF #9C42DD #B776E6 #D2AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#9C42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#9C42DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C42DD

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C42DD	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D71DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91658B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.226 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7ee8',
    500: '#9c42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c42dd;
$custom-light: #be7ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.839,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5729,
    "c": 0.22649,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C42DD

secondary

#B8DD9D

accent

#EC3B86

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C42DD

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

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