#9D42C8#9D42C8

#9D42C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.206 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D42C8
RGB	rgb(157, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(281, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(281, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.95, 58.67, -53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.95, 79.47, 317.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% 0.1404 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.206 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2763, 15.2354, 56.1889)
Luminance	0.1524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D42C8 #6DC842

analogous

#5A42C8 #9D42C8 #C842B0

triadic

#9D42C8 #C89D42 #42C89D

tetradic

#9D42C8 #C85A42 #6DC842 #42B0C8

square

#9D42C8 #C85A42 #6DC842 #42B0C8

split-complementary

#9D42C8 #B0C842 #42C85A

monochromatic

#56206F #7B2E9F #9D42C8 #B671D6 #CEA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#9D42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#9D42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D42C8

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D42C8	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#386FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.206 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7dd9',
    500: '#9d42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d42c8;
$custom-light: #be7dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.746,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55974,
    "c": 0.2062,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D42C8

secondary

#A8D096

accent

#DE4A79

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D42C8

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

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