#9D42D5#9D42D5

#9D42D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.219 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D42D5
RGB	rgb(157, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.80, 61.44, -59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.80, 85.68, 315.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.1391 -0.169)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.219 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8607, 15.8692, 64.5333)
Luminance	0.1587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D42D5 #7AD542

analogous

#5442D5 #9D42D5 #D542C3

triadic

#9D42D5 #D59D42 #42D59D

tetradic

#9D42D5 #D55442 #7AD542 #42C3D5

square

#9D42D5 #D55442 #7AD542 #42C3D5

split-complementary

#9D42D5 #C3D542 #42D554

monochromatic

#5A1C80 #7D28B2 #9D42D5 #B774E0 #D1A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#9D42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#9D42D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D42D5

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D42D5	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2670D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.219 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7de3',
    500: '#9d42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d42d5;
$custom-light: #be7de3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56851,
    "c": 0.21891,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D42D5

secondary

#B2D89A

accent

#E74180

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D42D5

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

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