#9C42E9#9C42E9

#9C42E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.238 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C42E9
RGB	rgb(156, 66, 233)
HSL	hsl(272, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 71.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 65.65, -69.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 95.27, 313.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.1349 -0.1965)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.238 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3631, 16.8477, 78.7273)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C42E9 #8FE942

analogous

#4842E9 #9C42E9 #E942E3

triadic

#9C42E9 #E99C42 #42E99C

tetradic

#9C42E9 #E94842 #8FE942 #42E3E9

square

#9C42E9 #E94842 #8FE942 #42E3E9

split-complementary

#9C42E9 #E3E942 #42E948

monochromatic

#5E129E #7E19D5 #9C42E9 #B979EF #D5B0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#9C42E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#9C42E9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C42E9

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C42E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C42E9	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D6A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c42e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 66, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.238 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7ef1',
    500: '#9c42e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c42e9;
$custom-light: #bf7ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c42e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.335,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58162,
    "c": 0.2383,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C42E9

secondary

#C1E4A2

accent

#F6328C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C42E9

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

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