#9D42D2#9D42D2

#9D42D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.216 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D42D2
RGB	rgb(157, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(278, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.60, 60.79, -58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.60, 84.25, 316.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% 0.1395 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.216 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4834, 15.7183, 62.5464)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D42D2 #77D242

analogous

#5542D2 #9D42D2 #D242BF

triadic

#9D42D2 #D29D42 #42D29D

tetradic

#9D42D2 #D25542 #77D242 #42BFD2

square

#9D42D2 #D25542 #77D242 #42BFD2

split-complementary

#9D42D2 #BFD242 #42D255

monochromatic

#591E7C #7D29AD #9D42D2 #B773DE #D0A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#9D42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#9D42D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D42D2

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D42D2	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B70CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.216 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7de1',
    500: '#9d42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d42d2;
$custom-light: #be7de1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.917,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56645,
    "c": 0.21597,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D42D2

secondary

#B0D799

accent

#E5437F

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D42D2

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

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