#9F42D8#9F42D8

#9F42D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.222 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F42D8
RGB	rgb(159, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.27, 62.49, -60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.27, 87.09, 315.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% 0.1413 -0.1717)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.222 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6385, 16.2258, 66.5757)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F42D8 #7BD842

analogous

#5442D8 #9F42D8 #D842C6

triadic

#9F42D8 #D89F42 #42D89F

tetradic

#9F42D8 #D85442 #7BD842 #42C6D8

square

#9F42D8 #D85442 #7BD842 #42C6D8

split-complementary

#9F42D8 #C6D842 #42D854

monochromatic

#5C1B84 #8026B7 #9F42D8 #B975E2 #D3A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#9F42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#9F42D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F42D8

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F42D8	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2471D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.222 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ee5',
    500: '#9f42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f42d8;
$custom-light: #c07ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57304,
    "c": 0.22242,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F42D8

secondary

#B3DA9C

accent

#E93F80

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F42D8

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

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