#9F42DE#9F42DE

#9F42DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.228 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F42DE
RGB	rgb(159, 66, 222)
HSL	hsl(276, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(276, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 70.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 63.79, -63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 89.95, 315.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% 0.1406 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.228 308)
XYZ	xyz(29.4284, 16.5417, 70.7357)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F42DE #81DE42

analogous

#5142DE #9F42DE #DE42CF

triadic

#9F42DE #DE9F42 #42DE9F

tetradic

#9F42DE #DE5142 #81DE42 #42CFDE

square

#9F42DE #DE5142 #81DE42 #42CFDE

split-complementary

#9F42DE #CFDE42 #42DE51

monochromatic

#5E198D #8122C1 #9F42DE #B976E7 #D4AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#9F42DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#9F42DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F42DE

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F42DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F42DE	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1572DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95658C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f42de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 66, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.228 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ee9',
    500: '#9f42de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f42de;
$custom-light: #c07ee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f42de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.769,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57723,
    "c": 0.22825,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.16541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F42DE

secondary

#B8DE9E

accent

#ED3B83

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F42DE

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

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