#916AE1#916AE1

#916AE1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.174 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#916AE1
RGB	rgb(145, 106, 225)
HSL	hsl(260, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(260, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 52.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, 41.25, -55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 69.07, 306.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% 0.0766 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.175 296)
XYZ	xyz(30.4182, 21.7635, 73.8177)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#916AE1 #BAE16A

analogous

#6A7FE1 #916AE1 #CD6AE1

triadic

#916AE1 #E1916A #6AE191

tetradic

#916AE1 #E16A7F #BAE16A #6AE1CD

square

#916AE1 #E16A7F #BAE16A #6AE1CD

split-complementary

#916AE1 #E1CD6A #7FE16A

monochromatic

#5023AE #6B37D7 #916AE1 #B79DEB #DCD0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#916AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#916AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #916AE1

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##916AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##916AE1	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3981E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E829B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #916ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 106, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.174 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b596eb',
    500: '#916ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #916ae1;
$custom-light: #b596eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#916ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.664,
    "s": 66.48,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61863,
    "c": 0.1745,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.21764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#916AE1

secondary

#DAE8BF

accent

#CE1792

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #916AE1

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

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