#9F42CA#9F42CA

#9F42CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.209 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F42CA
RGB	rgb(159, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(281, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(281, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.35, 59.53, -54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.35, 80.44, 317.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.1427 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.209 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9051, 15.5324, 57.4464)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F42CA #6DCA42

analogous

#5B42CA #9F42CA #CA42B1

triadic

#9F42CA #CA9F42 #42CA9F

tetradic

#9F42CA #CA5B42 #6DCA42 #42B1CA

square

#9F42CA #CA5B42 #6DCA42 #42B1CA

split-complementary

#9F42CA #B1CA42 #42CA5B

monochromatic

#582072 #7D2DA2 #9F42CA #B772D7 #D0A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#9F42CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#9F42CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F42CA

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F42CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F42CA	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3870C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f42ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.209 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7ddb',
    500: '#9f42ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f42ca;
$custom-light: #bf7ddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f42ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.029,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56359,
    "c": 0.20884,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F42CA

secondary

#A9D196

accent

#DF4878

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F42CA

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

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