#9F42C8#9F42C8

#9F42C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.207 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F42C8
RGB	rgb(159, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(282, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(282, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.23, 59.11, -53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.23, 79.49, 318.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.1429 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.207 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6698, 15.4383, 56.2074)
Luminance	0.1544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F42C8 #6BC842

analogous

#5C42C8 #9F42C8 #C842AE

triadic

#9F42C8 #C89F42 #42C89F

tetradic

#9F42C8 #C85C42 #6BC842 #42AEC8

square

#9F42C8 #C85C42 #6BC842 #42AEC8

split-complementary

#9F42C8 #AEC842 #42C85C

monochromatic

#57206F #7C2E9F #9F42C8 #B771D6 #CFA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#9F42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#9F42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F42C8

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F42C8	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A70C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.207 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7dd9',
    500: '#9f42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f42c8;
$custom-light: #bf7dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.642,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56228,
    "c": 0.20691,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F42C8

secondary

#A8D096

accent

#DE4A77

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F42C8

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

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