#9255E4#9255E4

#9255E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.208 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9255E4
RGB	rgb(146, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(266, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(266, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.75, 53.60, -63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.75, 83.14, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.1027 -0.1807)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.208 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1027, 18.2091, 75.3652)
Luminance	0.1821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9255E4 #A7E455

analogous

#5560E4 #9255E4 #D955E4

triadic

#9255E4 #E49255 #55E492

tetradic

#9255E4 #E45560 #A7E455 #55E4D9

square

#9255E4 #E45560 #A7E455 #55E4D9

split-complementary

#9255E4 #E4D955 #60E455

monochromatic

#551AA4 #7023D9 #9255E4 #B48AEC #D6BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#9255E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#9255E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9255E4

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9255E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9255E4	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1475E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9255e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(146, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.208 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b788ed',
    500: '#9255e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9255e4;
$custom-light: #b788ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9255e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 146,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.594,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58996,
    "c": 0.20789,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9255E4

secondary

#CEE5B0

accent

#D51181

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9255E4

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

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