#9E42C8#9E42C8

#9E42C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.207 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E42C8
RGB	rgb(158, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(281, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(281, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.09, 58.89, -53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.09, 79.48, 317.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.1% 0.1416 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(56.1% 0.207 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4723, 15.3364, 56.1981)
Luminance	0.1534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E42C8 #6CC842

analogous

#5B42C8 #9E42C8 #C842AF

triadic

#9E42C8 #C89E42 #42C89E

tetradic

#9E42C8 #C85B42 #6CC842 #42AFC8

square

#9E42C8 #C85B42 #6CC842 #42AFC8

split-complementary

#9E42C8 #AFC842 #42C85B

monochromatic

#57206F #7B2E9F #9E42C8 #B671D6 #CFA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#9E42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#9E42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E42C8

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E42C8	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#396FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A5D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.207 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7dd9',
    500: '#9e42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e42c8;
$custom-light: #be7dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.194,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56101,
    "c": 0.20655,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E42C8

secondary

#A8D096

accent

#DE4A78

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E42C8

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

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