#9F42EA#9F42EA

#9F42EA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.240 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F42EA
RGB	rgb(159, 66, 234)
HSL	hsl(273, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(273, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 71.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 66.41, -68.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 95.67, 313.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% 0.1387 -0.1958)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.24 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0943, 17.2081, 79.5093)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F42EA #8DEA42

analogous

#4B42EA #9F42EA #EA42E1

triadic

#9F42EA #EA9F42 #42EA9F

tetradic

#9F42EA #EA4B42 #8DEA42 #42E1EA

square

#9F42EA #EA4B42 #8DEA42 #42E1EA

split-complementary

#9F42EA #E1EA42 #42EA4B

monochromatic

#6012A0 #8218D7 #9F42EA #BB79F0 #D7B0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#9F42EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#9F42EA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F42EA

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F42EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F42EA	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f42ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 66, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.240 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17ef2',
    500: '#9f42ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f42ea;
$custom-light: #c17ef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f42ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.214,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58588,
    "c": 0.23993,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F42EA

secondary

#C0E5A3

accent

#F63189

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F42EA

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

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