#9F42E9#9F42E9

#9F42E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.239 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F42E9
RGB	rgb(159, 66, 233)
HSL	hsl(273, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(273, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 71.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.45, 66.19, -68.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.45, 95.19, 314.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% 0.1388 -0.1945)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.239 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9510, 17.1508, 78.7549)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F42E9 #8CE942

analogous

#4B42E9 #9F42E9 #E942E0

triadic

#9F42E9 #E99F42 #42E99F

tetradic

#9F42E9 #E94B42 #8CE942 #42E0E9

square

#9F42E9 #E94B42 #8CE942 #42E0E9

split-complementary

#9F42E9 #E0E942 #42E94B

monochromatic

#60129E #8219D5 #9F42E9 #BB79EF #D7B0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#9F42E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#9F42E9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F42E9

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F42E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F42E9	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#926A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f42e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 66, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.239 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17ef1',
    500: '#9f42e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f42e9;
$custom-light: #c17ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f42e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.413,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58515,
    "c": 0.23896,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F42E9

secondary

#C0E4A2

accent

#F63289

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F42E9

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

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