#9C42E1#9C42E1

#9C42E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.230 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C42E1
RGB	rgb(156, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 70.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 63.87, -65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 91.44, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% 0.1362 -0.1859)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.23 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2462, 16.4009, 72.8445)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C42E1 #87E142

analogous

#4C42E1 #9C42E1 #E142D7

triadic

#9C42E1 #E19C42 #42E19C

tetradic

#9C42E1 #E14C42 #87E142 #42D7E1

square

#9C42E1 #E14C42 #87E142 #42D7E1

split-complementary

#9C42E1 #D7E142 #42E14C

monochromatic

#5C1792 #7E1FC6 #9C42E1 #B877E9 #D3ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#9C42E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#9C42E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C42E1

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C42E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C42E1	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90678D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c42e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.230 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7eeb',
    500: '#9c42e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c42e1;
$custom-light: #bf7eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c42e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.962,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57577,
    "c": 0.23043,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C42E1

secondary

#BBE09F

accent

#EF3888

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C42E1

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

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