#9E42DE#9E42DE

#9E42DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.228 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E42DE
RGB	rgb(158, 66, 222)
HSL	hsl(275, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(275, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 70.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 63.59, -63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 89.97, 314.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% 0.1393 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.228 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2308, 16.4399, 70.7264)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E42DE #82DE42

analogous

#5042DE #9E42DE #DE42D0

triadic

#9E42DE #DE9E42 #42DE9E

tetradic

#9E42DE #DE5042 #82DE42 #42D0DE

square

#9E42DE #DE5042 #82DE42 #42D0DE

split-complementary

#9E42DE #D0DE42 #42DE50

monochromatic

#5D198D #8022C1 #9E42DE #B976E7 #D3AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#9E42DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#9E42DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E42DE

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E42DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E42DE	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1272DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94668C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e42de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 66, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.228 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ee9',
    500: '#9e42de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e42de;
$custom-light: #c07ee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e42de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57602,
    "c": 0.22799,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E42DE

secondary

#B8DE9E

accent

#ED3B84

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E42DE

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

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