#916AEE#916AEE

#916AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.191 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#916AEE
RGB	rgb(145, 106, 238)
HSL	hsl(258, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(258, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 55.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, 44.66, -61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 75.95, 306.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% 0.077 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.191 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2596, 22.5001, 83.5156)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#916AEE #C7EE6A

analogous

#6A85EE #916AEE #D36AEE

triadic

#916AEE #EE916A #6AEE91

tetradic

#916AEE #EE6A85 #C7EE6A #6AEED3

square

#916AEE #EE6A85 #C7EE6A #6AEED3

split-complementary

#916AEE #EED36A #85EE6A

monochromatic

#4B17C7 #6833E8 #916AEE #BAA1F4 #E2D8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#916AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#916AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #916AEE

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##916AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##916AEE	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2684F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3380EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7986A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #916aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 106, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.191 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b696f4',
    500: '#916aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #916aee;
$custom-light: #b696f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#916aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.727,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62688,
    "c": 0.19076,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#916AEE

secondary

#E2EFC5

accent

#DC0A9E

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #916AEE

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

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