#9F42D5#9F42D5

#9F42D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.220 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F42D5
RGB	rgb(159, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.07, 61.85, -59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.07, 85.67, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.1417 -0.1676)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.22 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2542, 16.0721, 64.5517)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F42D5 #78D542

analogous

#5642D5 #9F42D5 #D542C2

triadic

#9F42D5 #D59F42 #42D59F

tetradic

#9F42D5 #D55642 #78D542 #42C2D5

square

#9F42D5 #D55642 #78D542 #42C2D5

split-complementary

#9F42D5 #C2D542 #42D556

monochromatic

#5C1C80 #7F28B2 #9F42D5 #B874E0 #D2A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#9F42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#9F42D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F42D5

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F42D5	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2971D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.220 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ee3',
    500: '#9f42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f42d5;
$custom-light: #c07ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.959,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57097,
    "c": 0.21951,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F42D5

secondary

#B1D89A

accent

#E7417E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F42D5

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

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