#9E42D7#9E42D7

#9E42D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.221 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E42D7
RGB	rgb(158, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.07, 62.07, -60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.07, 86.63, 315.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% 0.1402 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.221 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3121, 16.0724, 65.8876)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E42D7 #7BD742

analogous

#5342D7 #9E42D7 #D742C6

triadic

#9E42D7 #D79E42 #42D79E

tetradic

#9E42D7 #D75342 #7BD742 #42C6D7

square

#9E42D7 #D75342 #7BD742 #42C6D7

split-complementary

#9E42D7 #C6D742 #42D753

monochromatic

#5B1C83 #7F26B5 #9E42D7 #B875E2 #D2A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#9E42D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#9E42D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E42D7

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E42D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E42D7	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2471D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e42d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.221 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7ee4',
    500: '#9e42d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e42d7;
$custom-light: #bf7ee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e42d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.047,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57112,
    "c": 0.22115,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E42D7

secondary

#B3DA9B

accent

#E84080

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E42D7

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

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