#9E42D5#9E42D5

#9E42D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.219 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E42D5
RGB	rgb(158, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.94, 61.64, -59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.94, 85.67, 316.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.1404 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.219 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0566, 15.9702, 64.5424)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E42D5 #79D542

analogous

#5542D5 #9E42D5 #D542C2

triadic

#9E42D5 #D59E42 #42D59E

tetradic

#9E42D5 #D55542 #79D542 #42C2D5

square

#9E42D5 #D55542 #79D542 #42C2D5

split-complementary

#9E42D5 #C2D542 #42D555

monochromatic

#5B1C80 #7E28B2 #9E42D5 #B874E0 #D1A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#9E42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#9E42D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E42D5

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E42D5	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2871D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.219 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7de3',
    500: '#9e42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e42d5;
$custom-light: #bf7de3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.551,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56974,
    "c": 0.21921,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E42D5

secondary

#B2D89A

accent

#E7417F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E42D5

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

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