#9E42E9#9E42E9

#9E42E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.239 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E42E9
RGB	rgb(158, 66, 233)
HSL	hsl(273, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(273, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 71.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 66.01, -68.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 95.22, 313.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% 0.1375 -0.1952)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.239 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7535, 17.0489, 78.7456)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E42E9 #8DE942

analogous

#4A42E9 #9E42E9 #E942E0

triadic

#9E42E9 #E99E42 #42E99E

tetradic

#9E42E9 #E94A42 #8DE942 #42E0E9

square

#9E42E9 #E94A42 #8DE942 #42E0E9

split-complementary

#9E42E9 #E0E942 #42E94A

monochromatic

#5F129E #8019D5 #9E42E9 #BA79EF #D6B0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#9E42E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#9E42E9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E42E9

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E42E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E42E9	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#906A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e42e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 66, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.239 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ef1',
    500: '#9e42e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e42e9;
$custom-light: #c07ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e42e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.054,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58397,
    "c": 0.23874,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E42E9

secondary

#C0E4A2

accent

#F6328A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E42E9

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

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