#9F42DA#9F42DA

#9F42DA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.224 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F42DA
RGB	rgb(159, 66, 218)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(277, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 69.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.40, 62.92, -61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.40, 88.05, 315.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% 0.1411 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.224 309)
XYZ	xyz(28.8986, 16.3298, 67.9457)
Luminance	0.1633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F42DA #7DDA42

analogous

#5342DA #9F42DA #DA42C9

triadic

#9F42DA #DA9F42 #42DA9F

tetradic

#9F42DA #DA5342 #7DDA42 #42C9DA

square

#9F42DA #DA5342 #7DDA42 #42C9DA

split-complementary

#9F42DA #C9DA42 #42DA53

monochromatic

#5D1A87 #8024BA #9F42DA #B975E4 #D3A8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#9F42DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#9F42DA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F42DA

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F42DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F42DA	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2072D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96648A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f42da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 66, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.224 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ee6',
    500: '#9f42da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f42da;
$custom-light: #c07ee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f42da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.711,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57443,
    "c": 0.22437,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.16329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F42DA

secondary

#B5DB9C

accent

#EA3E81

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F42DA

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

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