#9D42E9#9D42E9

#9D42E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.239 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D42E9
RGB	rgb(157, 66, 233)
HSL	hsl(273, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(273, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 71.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, 65.83, -68.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 95.25, 313.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.1362 -0.1958)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.239 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5575, 16.9479, 78.7364)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D42E9 #8EE942

analogous

#4942E9 #9D42E9 #E942E1

triadic

#9D42E9 #E99D42 #42E99D

tetradic

#9D42E9 #E94942 #8EE942 #42E1E9

square

#9D42E9 #E94942 #8EE942 #42E1E9

split-complementary

#9D42E9 #E1E942 #42E949

monochromatic

#5F129E #7F19D5 #9D42E9 #B979EF #D6B0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#9D42E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#9D42E9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D42E9

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D42E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D42E9	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F6A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d42e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 66, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.239 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ef1',
    500: '#9d42e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d42e9;
$custom-light: #c07ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d42e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.695,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58279,
    "c": 0.23851,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D42E9

secondary

#C0E4A2

accent

#F6328B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D42E9

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

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