#9E42E8#9E42E8

#9E42E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.238 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E42E8
RGB	rgb(158, 66, 232)
HSL	hsl(273, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(273, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 71.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.25, 65.79, -68.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.25, 94.74, 313.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.1377 -0.1938)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.238 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6110, 16.9919, 77.9954)
Luminance	0.1699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E42E8 #8CE842

analogous

#4B42E8 #9E42E8 #E842DF

triadic

#9E42E8 #E89E42 #42E89E

tetradic

#9E42E8 #E84B42 #8CE842 #42DFE8

square

#9E42E8 #E84B42 #8CE842 #42DFE8

split-complementary

#9E42E8 #DFE842 #42E84B

monochromatic

#5F139D #801AD3 #9E42E8 #BA79EF #D6AFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#9E42E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#9E42E8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E42E8

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E42E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E42E8	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#906A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e42e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 66, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.238 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ef0',
    500: '#9e42e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e42e8;
$custom-light: #c07ef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e42e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.253,
    "s": 78.302,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58323,
    "c": 0.23776,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E42E8

secondary

#BFE4A2

accent

#F53389

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E42E8

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

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