#9F42E2#9F42E2

#9F42E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.232 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F42E2
RGB	rgb(159, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(275, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, 64.66, -65.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 91.86, 314.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.14 -0.1852)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.232 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9708, 16.7587, 73.5926)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F42E2 #85E242

analogous

#4F42E2 #9F42E2 #E242D5

triadic

#9F42E2 #E29F42 #42E29F

tetradic

#9F42E2 #E24F42 #85E242 #42D5E2

square

#9F42E2 #E24F42 #85E242 #42D5E2

split-complementary

#9F42E2 #D5E242 #42E24F

monochromatic

#5F1793 #811FC8 #9F42E2 #BA77EA #D5ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#9F42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#9F42E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F42E2

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F42E2	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0372DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94678E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.232 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17eec',
    500: '#9f42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f42e2;
$custom-light: #c17eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.875,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58008,
    "c": 0.23215,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F42E2

secondary

#BBE09F

accent

#F03885

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F42E2

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

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