#9D42DA#9D42DA

#9D42DA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.224 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D42DA
RGB	rgb(157, 66, 218)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(276, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 69.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 62.52, -62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 88.07, 315.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% 0.1385 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.224 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5051, 16.1269, 67.9272)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D42DA #7FDA42

analogous

#5142DA #9D42DA #DA42CB

triadic

#9D42DA #DA9D42 #42DA9D

tetradic

#9D42DA #DA5142 #7FDA42 #42CBDA

square

#9D42DA #DA5142 #7FDA42 #42CBDA

split-complementary

#9D42DA #CBDA42 #42DA51

monochromatic

#5C1A87 #7E24BA #9D42DA #B875E4 #D2A8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#9D42DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#9D42DA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D42DA

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D42DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D42DA	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B71D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93648A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d42da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 66, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.224 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7ee6',
    500: '#9d42da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d42da;
$custom-light: #bf7ee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d42da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.921,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57199,
    "c": 0.22381,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D42DA

secondary

#B6DB9C

accent

#EA3E83

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D42DA

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

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