#9F42DD#9F42DD

#9F42DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.227 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F42DD
RGB	rgb(159, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(276, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(276, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 63.57, -62.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 89.48, 315.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.1407 -0.1785)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.227 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2947, 16.4883, 70.0319)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F42DD #80DD42

analogous

#5242DD #9F42DD #DD42CE

triadic

#9F42DD #DD9F42 #42DD9F

tetradic

#9F42DD #DD5242 #80DD42 #42CEDD

square

#9F42DD #DD5242 #80DD42 #42CEDD

split-complementary

#9F42DD #CEDD42 #42DD52

monochromatic

#5E198C #8122BF #9F42DD #B976E6 #D4AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#9F42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#9F42DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F42DD

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F42DD	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1872DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95658B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.227 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ee8',
    500: '#9f42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f42dd;
$custom-light: #c07ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57653,
    "c": 0.22729,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F42DD

secondary

#B7DD9D

accent

#EC3B82

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F42DD

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

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