#9F42D7#9F42D7

#9F42D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.221 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F42D7
RGB	rgb(159, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 62.28, -60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 86.62, 315.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% 0.1415 -0.1704)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.221 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5096, 16.1742, 65.8969)
Luminance	0.1617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F42D7 #7AD742

analogous

#5542D7 #9F42D7 #D742C4

triadic

#9F42D7 #D79F42 #42D79F

tetradic

#9F42D7 #D75542 #7AD742 #42C4D7

square

#9F42D7 #D75542 #7AD742 #42C4D7

split-complementary

#9F42D7 #C4D742 #42D755

monochromatic

#5C1C83 #8026B5 #9F42D7 #B975E2 #D2A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#9F42D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#9F42D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F42D7

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F42D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F42D7	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2671D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f42d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.221 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ee4',
    500: '#9f42d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f42d7;
$custom-light: #c07ee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f42d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.45,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57235,
    "c": 0.22145,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F42D7

secondary

#B3DA9B

accent

#E8407F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F42D7

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

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