#9D42D7#9D42D7

#9D42D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.221 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D42D7
RGB	rgb(157, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.94, 61.87, -60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.94, 86.64, 315.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.1389 -0.1717)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.221 309)
XYZ	xyz(28.1161, 15.9713, 65.8784)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D42D7 #7CD742

analogous

#5242D7 #9D42D7 #D742C7

triadic

#9D42D7 #D79D42 #42D79D

tetradic

#9D42D7 #D75242 #7CD742 #42C7D7

square

#9D42D7 #D75242 #7CD742 #42C7D7

split-complementary

#9D42D7 #C7D742 #42D752

monochromatic

#5B1C83 #7E26B5 #9D42D7 #B775E2 #D1A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#9D42D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#9D42D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D42D7

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D42D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D42D7	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2270D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d42d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.221 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7de4',
    500: '#9d42d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d42d7;
$custom-light: #bf7de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d42d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.644,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56989,
    "c": 0.22087,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.15971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D42D7

secondary

#B3DA9B

accent

#E84081

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D42D7

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

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