#9C42E4#9C42E4

#9C42E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.233 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C42E4
RGB	rgb(156, 66, 228)
HSL	hsl(273, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(273, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 71.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 64.53, -66.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 92.88, 314.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% 0.1357 -0.1899)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.233 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6590, 16.5660, 75.0188)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C42E4 #8AE442

analogous

#4B42E4 #9C42E4 #E442DB

triadic

#9C42E4 #E49C42 #42E49C

tetradic

#9C42E4 #E44B42 #8AE442 #42DBE4

square

#9C42E4 #E44B42 #8AE442 #42DBE4

split-complementary

#9C42E4 #DBE442 #42E44B

monochromatic

#5D1596 #7E1DCC #9C42E4 #B878EC #D4ADF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#9C42E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#9C42E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C42E4

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C42E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C42E4	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F688F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c42e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 66, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.233 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7eed',
    500: '#9c42e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c42e4;
$custom-light: #bf7eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c42e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57795,
    "c": 0.23338,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C42E4

secondary

#BDE2A0

accent

#F23689

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C42E4

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

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