#9178D9#9178D9

#9178D9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.143 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9178D9
RGB	rgb(145, 120, 217)
HSL	hsl(255, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 44.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, 31.15, -46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 55.95, 303.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% 0.0577 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.143 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9147, 24.4619, 68.7250)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9178D9 #C0D978

analogous

#788FD9 #9178D9 #C178D9

triadic

#9178D9 #D99178 #78D991

tetradic

#9178D9 #D9788F #C0D978 #78D9C1

square

#9178D9 #D9788F #C0D978 #78D9C1

split-complementary

#9178D9 #D9C178 #8FD978

monochromatic

#4E2FA7 #6A48CC #9178D9 #B8A8E6 #DFD8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#9178D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#9178D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9178D9

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9178D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9178D9	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5889DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C86D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#808A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9178d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 120, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.143 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b49fe5',
    500: '#9178d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9178d9;
$custom-light: #b49fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9178d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.464,
    "s": 56.069,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63793,
    "c": 0.14289,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9178D9

secondary

#DEE6C6

accent

#C4229A

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9178D9

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

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