#916AE5#916AE5

#916AE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.180 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#916AE5
RGB	rgb(145, 106, 229)
HSL	hsl(259, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(259, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 53.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, 42.29, -57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 71.19, 306.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.0767 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.18 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9703, 21.9844, 76.7253)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#916AE5 #BEE56A

analogous

#6A80E5 #916AE5 #CE6AE5

triadic

#916AE5 #E5916A #6AE591

tetradic

#916AE5 #E56A80 #BEE56A #6AE5CE

square

#916AE5 #E56A80 #BEE56A #6AE5CE

split-complementary

#916AE5 #E5CE6A #80E56A

monochromatic

#4F20B5 #6B36DC #916AE5 #B79EEE #DED2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#916AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#916AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #916AE5

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##916AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##916AE5	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3482E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D839D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #916ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 106, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.180 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b596ee',
    500: '#916ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #916ae5;
$custom-light: #b596ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#916ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.024,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62113,
    "c": 0.17953,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#916AE5

secondary

#DDEAC1

accent

#D21396

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #916AE5

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

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