#916CE3#916CE3

#916CE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.174 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#916CE3
RGB	rgb(145, 108, 227)
HSL	hsl(259, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(259, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 52.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, 40.65, -55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 68.89, 306.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.0742 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.174 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9012, 22.2903, 75.3326)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#916CE3 #BEE36C

analogous

#6C82E3 #916CE3 #CC6CE3

triadic

#916CE3 #E3916C #6CE391

tetradic

#916CE3 #E36C82 #BEE36C #6CE3CC

square

#916CE3 #E36C82 #BEE36C #6CE3CC

split-complementary

#916CE3 #E3CC6C #82E36C

monochromatic

#4F22B3 #6B39D9 #916CE3 #B79FED #DED3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#916CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#916CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #916CE3

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##916CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##916CE3	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B83E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4480E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D849D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #916ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 108, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.174 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b597ec',
    500: '#916ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #916ce3;
$custom-light: #b597ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#916ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.655,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62314,
    "c": 0.17409,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#916CE3

secondary

#DDE9C2

accent

#D01696

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #916CE3

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

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