#9E42D9#9E42D9

#9E42D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.223 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E42D9
RGB	rgb(158, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 62.51, -61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 87.58, 315.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% 0.1399 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.223 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5706, 16.1758, 67.2493)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E42D9 #7DD942

analogous

#5242D9 #9E42D9 #D942C9

triadic

#9E42D9 #D99E42 #42D99E

tetradic

#9E42D9 #D95242 #7DD942 #42C9D9

square

#9E42D9 #D95242 #7DD942 #42C9D9

split-complementary

#9E42D9 #C9D942 #42D952

monochromatic

#5C1B86 #7F25B9 #9E42D9 #B875E3 #D2A8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#9E42D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#9E42D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E42D9

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E42D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E42D9	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2071D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e42d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.223 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7ee6',
    500: '#9e42d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e42d9;
$custom-light: #bf7ee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e42d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.556,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57251,
    "c": 0.22311,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E42D9

secondary

#B5DB9C

accent

#E93E81

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E42D9

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

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