#9C42E3#9C42E3

#9C42E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.232 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C42E3
RGB	rgb(156, 66, 227)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.64, 64.31, -66.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.64, 92.40, 314.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% 0.1359 -0.1885)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.232 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5206, 16.5106, 74.2898)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C42E3 #89E342

analogous

#4B42E3 #9C42E3 #E342DA

triadic

#9C42E3 #E39C42 #42E39C

tetradic

#9C42E3 #E34B42 #89E342 #42DAE3

square

#9C42E3 #E34B42 #89E342 #42DAE3

split-complementary

#9C42E3 #DAE342 #42E34B

monochromatic

#5D1695 #7E1ECA #9C42E3 #B877EB #D4ADF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#9C42E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#9C42E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C42E3

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C42E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C42E3	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F688F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c42e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 66, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.232 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7eed',
    500: '#9c42e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c42e3;
$custom-light: #bf7eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c42e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.54,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57722,
    "c": 0.2324,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C42E3

secondary

#BDE1A0

accent

#F13789

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C42E3

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

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