#916CD9#916CD9

#916CD9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.161 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#916CD9
RGB	rgb(145, 108, 217)
HSL	hsl(260, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 50.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, 38.05, -50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 63.55, 306.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% 0.0735 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.161 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5609, 21.7542, 68.2738)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#916CD9 #B4D96C

analogous

#6C7DD9 #916CD9 #C76CD9

triadic

#916CD9 #D9916C #6CD991

tetradic

#916CD9 #D96C7D #B4D96C #6CD9C7

square

#916CD9 #D96C7D #B4D96C #6CD9C7

split-complementary

#916CD9 #D9C76C #7DD96C

monochromatic

#522AA1 #6D3BCC #916CD9 #B59DE6 #DACDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#916CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#916CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #916CD9

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##916CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##916CD9	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)

#4581DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D7FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#818198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #916cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 108, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.161 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b497e5',
    500: '#916cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #916cd9;
$custom-light: #b497e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#916cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.367,
    "s": 58.919,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61708,
    "c": 0.16134,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#916CD9

secondary

#D7E4BD

accent

#C71F8E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #916CD9

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

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