#9255E8#9255E8

#9255E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.212 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9255E8
RGB	rgb(146, 85, 232)
HSL	hsl(265, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 63.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.02, 54.60, -65.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.02, 85.18, 309.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.1024 -0.1861)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.212 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6644, 18.4338, 78.3235)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9255E8 #ABE855

analogous

#5562E8 #9255E8 #DC55E8

triadic

#9255E8 #E89255 #55E892

tetradic

#9255E8 #E85562 #ABE855 #55E8DC

square

#9255E8 #E85562 #ABE855 #55E8DC

split-complementary

#9255E8 #E8DC55 #62E855

monochromatic

#5517AB #6F1FE1 #9255E8 #B58BEF #D7C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#9255E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#9255E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9255E8

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9255E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9255E8	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9255e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(146, 85, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.212 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b788f0',
    500: '#9255e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9255e8;
$custom-light: #b788f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9255e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 146,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.898,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59276,
    "c": 0.2124,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9255E8

secondary

#D1E7B1

accent

#D80D84

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9255E8

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

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