#9D42E2#9D42E2

#9D42E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.232 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D42E2
RGB	rgb(157, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 64.28, -65.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 91.90, 314.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.1374 -0.1865)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.232 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5773, 16.5558, 73.5742)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D42E2 #87E242

analogous

#4D42E2 #9D42E2 #E242D7

triadic

#9D42E2 #E29D42 #42E29D

tetradic

#9D42E2 #E24D42 #87E242 #42D7E2

square

#9D42E2 #E24D42 #87E242 #42D7E2

split-complementary

#9D42E2 #D7E242 #42E24D

monochromatic

#5D1793 #7F1FC8 #9D42E2 #B977EA #D4ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#9D42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#9D42E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D42E2

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D42E2	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91678E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.232 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7eec',
    500: '#9d42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d42e2;
$custom-light: #bf7eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57769,
    "c": 0.23166,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D42E2

secondary

#BBE09F

accent

#F03887

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D42E2

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

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