#9E42EA#9E42EA

#9E42EA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.240 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E42EA
RGB	rgb(158, 66, 234)
HSL	hsl(273, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(273, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 71.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 66.23, -69.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 95.69, 313.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.1373 -0.1965)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.24 305)
XYZ	xyz(30.8967, 17.1062, 79.5001)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E42EA #8EEA42

analogous

#4A42EA #9E42EA #EA42E2

triadic

#9E42EA #EA9E42 #42EA9E

tetradic

#9E42EA #EA4A42 #8EEA42 #42E2EA

square

#9E42EA #EA4A42 #8EEA42 #42E2EA

split-complementary

#9E42EA #E2EA42 #42EA4A

monochromatic

#6012A0 #8018D7 #9E42EA #BA79F0 #D7B0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#9E42EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#9E42EA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E42EA

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E42EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E42EA	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#906A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e42ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 66, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.240 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ef2',
    500: '#9e42ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e42ea;
$custom-light: #c07ef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e42ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.857,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5847,
    "c": 0.23971,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.17106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E42EA

secondary

#C1E5A3

accent

#F6318B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E42EA

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

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