#9E42CB#9E42CB

#9E42CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.209 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E42CB
RGB	rgb(158, 66, 203)
HSL	hsl(280, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(280, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 67.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.28, 59.52, -54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.28, 80.91, 317.36°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% 0.1414 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.209 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8263, 15.4781, 58.0627)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E42CB #6FCB42

analogous

#5A42CB #9E42CB #CB42B3

triadic

#9E42CB #CB9E42 #42CB9E

tetradic

#9E42CB #CB5A42 #6FCB42 #42B3CB

square

#9E42CB #CB5A42 #6FCB42 #42B3CB

split-complementary

#9E42CB #B3CB42 #42CB5A

monochromatic

#582073 #7C2DA3 #9E42CB #B772D8 #CFA2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#9E42CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#9E42CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E42CB

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E42CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E42CB	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3670C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#995E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e42cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 66, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.209 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7ddc',
    500: '#9e42cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e42cb;
$custom-light: #bf7ddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e42cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.292,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56299,
    "c": 0.20946,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E42CB

secondary

#AAD297

accent

#E0487A

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E42CB

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

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