#9E42DD#9E42DD

#9E42DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.227 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E42DD
RGB	rgb(158, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(276, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(276, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, 63.37, -63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 89.49, 315.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% 0.1394 -0.1792)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.227 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0972, 16.3864, 70.0226)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E42DD #81DD42

analogous

#5142DD #9E42DD #DD42CF

triadic

#9E42DD #DD9E42 #42DD9E

tetradic

#9E42DD #DD5142 #81DD42 #42CFDD

square

#9E42DD #DD5142 #81DD42 #42CFDD

split-complementary

#9E42DD #CFDD42 #42DD51

monochromatic

#5D198C #8022BF #9E42DD #B976E6 #D3AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#9E42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#9E42DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E42DD

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E42DD	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1571DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94658B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.227 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ee8',
    500: '#9e42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e42dd;
$custom-light: #c07ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.613,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57532,
    "c": 0.22701,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E42DD

secondary

#B7DD9D

accent

#EC3B83

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E42DD

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

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