#9C42E2#9C42E2

#9C42E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.231 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C42E2
RGB	rgb(156, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 64.09, -65.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 91.92, 314.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.136 -0.1872)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.231 306)
XYZ	xyz(29.3830, 16.4556, 73.5651)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C42E2 #88E242

analogous

#4C42E2 #9C42E2 #E242D8

triadic

#9C42E2 #E29C42 #42E29C

tetradic

#9C42E2 #E24C42 #88E242 #42D8E2

square

#9C42E2 #E24C42 #88E242 #42D8E2

split-complementary

#9C42E2 #D8E242 #42E24C

monochromatic

#5D1793 #7E1FC8 #9C42E2 #B877EA #D4ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#9C42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#9C42E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C42E2

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C42E2	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90678E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.231 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7eec',
    500: '#9c42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c42e2;
$custom-light: #bf7eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5765,
    "c": 0.23141,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.16455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C42E2

secondary

#BCE09F

accent

#F03888

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C42E2

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

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