#916EE9#916EE9

#916EE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.179 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#916EE9
RGB	rgb(145, 110, 233)
HSL	hsl(257, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(257, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 52.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, 41.09, -57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 70.85, 305.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% 0.072 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.179 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9571, 23.0541, 79.8412)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#916EE9 #C6E96E

analogous

#6E89E9 #916EE9 #CE6EE9

triadic

#916EE9 #E9916E #6EE991

tetradic

#916EE9 #E96E89 #C6E96E #6EE9CE

square

#916EE9 #E96E89 #C6E96E #6EE9CE

split-complementary

#916EE9 #E9CE6E #89E96E

monochromatic

#4B1DC0 #6939E1 #916EE9 #B9A3F1 #E2D8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#916EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#916EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #916EE9

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##916EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##916EE9	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3985ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4182E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B87A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #916ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 110, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.179 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b698f1',
    500: '#916ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #916ee9;
$custom-light: #b698f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#916ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.073,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63017,
    "c": 0.17877,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#916EE9

secondary

#E2EDC6

accent

#D6109D

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #916EE9

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

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