#9F42D9#9F42D9

#9F42D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.223 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F42D9
RGB	rgb(159, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 62.71, -61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 87.57, 315.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.1412 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.223 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7682, 16.2776, 67.2586)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F42D9 #7CD942

analogous

#5342D9 #9F42D9 #D942C7

triadic

#9F42D9 #D99F42 #42D99F

tetradic

#9F42D9 #D95342 #7CD942 #42C7D9

square

#9F42D9 #D95342 #7CD942 #42C7D9

split-complementary

#9F42D9 #C7D942 #42D953

monochromatic

#5D1B86 #8025B9 #9F42D9 #B975E3 #D3A8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#9F42D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#9F42D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F42D9

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F42D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F42D9	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2271D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f42d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.223 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ee6',
    500: '#9f42d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f42d9;
$custom-light: #c07ee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f42d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.954,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57373,
    "c": 0.22339,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F42D9

secondary

#B4DB9C

accent

#E93E80

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F42D9

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

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