#9E42DA#9E42DA

#9E42DA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.224 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E42DA
RGB	rgb(158, 66, 218)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(276, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 69.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.27, 62.72, -61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.27, 88.06, 315.42°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% 0.1398 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.224 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7011, 16.2280, 67.9364)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E42DA #7EDA42

analogous

#5242DA #9E42DA #DA42CA

triadic

#9E42DA #DA9E42 #42DA9E

tetradic

#9E42DA #DA5242 #7EDA42 #42CADA

square

#9E42DA #DA5242 #7EDA42 #42CADA

split-complementary

#9E42DA #CADA42 #42DA52

monochromatic

#5C1A87 #7F24BA #9E42DA #B875E4 #D3A8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#9E42DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#9E42DA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E42DA

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E42DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E42DA	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E71D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95648A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e42da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 66, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.224 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7ee6',
    500: '#9e42da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e42da;
$custom-light: #bf7ee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e42da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.316,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57321,
    "c": 0.22409,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E42DA

secondary

#B5DB9C

accent

#EA3E82

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E42DA

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

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