#9D42DD#9D42DD

#9D42DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.227 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D42DD
RGB	rgb(157, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(275, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(275, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.35, 63.18, -63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.35, 89.51, 314.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% 0.1381 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.227 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9012, 16.2854, 70.0135)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D42DD #82DD42

analogous

#5042DD #9D42DD #DD42D0

triadic

#9D42DD #DD9D42 #42DD9D

tetradic

#9D42DD #DD5042 #82DD42 #42D0DD

square

#9D42DD #DD5042 #82DD42 #42D0DD

split-complementary

#9D42DD #D0DD42 #42DD50

monochromatic

#5C198C #7F22BF #9D42DD #B876E6 #D3AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#9D42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#9D42DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D42DD

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D42DD	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1271DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93658B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.227 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7ee8',
    500: '#9d42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d42dd;
$custom-light: #bf7ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.226,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57411,
    "c": 0.22676,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D42DD

secondary

#B8DD9D

accent

#EC3B84

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D42DD

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

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