#9E42DC#9E42DC

#9E42DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.226 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E42DC
RGB	rgb(158, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(276, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(276, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 70%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.41, 63.16, -62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.41, 89.02, 315.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.1395 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.226 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9644, 16.3333, 69.3231)
Luminance	0.1633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E42DC #80DC42

analogous

#5142DC #9E42DC #DC42CD

triadic

#9E42DC #DC9E42 #42DC9E

tetradic

#9E42DC #DC5142 #80DC42 #42CDDC

square

#9E42DC #DC5142 #80DC42 #42CDDC

split-complementary

#9E42DC #CDDC42 #42DC51

monochromatic

#5D1A8A #7F23BE #9E42DC #B976E6 #D3A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#9E42DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#9E42DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E42DC

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E42DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E42DC	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1871D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94658B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e42dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.226 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ee8',
    500: '#9e42dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e42dc;
$custom-light: #c07ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e42dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.844,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57461,
    "c": 0.22604,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E42DC

secondary

#B7DD9D

accent

#EC3C83

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E42DC

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

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