#9850BE#9850BE

#9850BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.174 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9850BE
RGB	rgb(152, 80, 190)
HSL	hsl(279, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(279, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 57.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.15, 48.65, -45.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.15, 66.91, 316.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% 0.1174 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.174 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1102, 16.1310, 50.4961)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9850BE #76BE50

analogous

#6150BE #9850BE #BE50AD

triadic

#9850BE #BE9850 #50BE98

tetradic

#9850BE #BE6150 #76BE50 #50ADBE

square

#9850BE #BE6150 #76BE50 #50ADBE

split-complementary

#9850BE #ADBE50 #50BE61

monochromatic

#54286C #773998 #9850BE #B27DCF #CDA9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#9850BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#9850BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9850BE

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9850BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9850BE	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D6CC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4971BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94637F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9850be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 80, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.174 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b984d2',
    500: '#9850be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9850be;
$custom-light: #b984d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9850be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.273,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56504,
    "c": 0.17433,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9850BE

secondary

#AECD9D

accent

#D55280

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#120B14

muted

#817C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9850BE

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

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