#916CD5#916CD5

#916CD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.156 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#916CD5
RGB	rgb(145, 108, 213)
HSL	hsl(261, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 49%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 49.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, 37.03, -48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 61.40, 307.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% 0.0731 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.156 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0469, 21.5486, 65.5669)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#916CD5 #B0D56C

analogous

#6C7BD5 #916CD5 #C66CD5

triadic

#916CD5 #D5916C #6CD591

tetradic

#916CD5 #D56C7B #B0D56C #6CD5C6

square

#916CD5 #D56C7B #B0D56C #6CD5C6

split-complementary

#916CD5 #D5C66C #7BD56C

monochromatic

#532C9A #6D3CC7 #916CD5 #B59CE3 #D8CBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#916CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#916CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #916CD5

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##916CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##916CD5	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4880D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#828097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #916cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 108, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.156 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b497e2',
    500: '#916cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #916cd5;
$custom-light: #b497e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#916cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61472,
    "c": 0.15621,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#916CD5

secondary

#D4E1BB

accent

#C3228A

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #916CD5

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

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