#9851BD#9851BD

#9851BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.172 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9851BD
RGB	rgb(152, 81, 189)
HSL	hsl(279, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(279, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 57.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 47.91, -45.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 65.83, 316.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% 0.1161 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.172 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0750, 16.2350, 49.9470)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9851BD #76BD51

analogous

#6251BD #9851BD #BD51AC

triadic

#9851BD #BD9851 #51BD98

tetradic

#9851BD #BD6251 #76BD51 #51ACBD

square

#9851BD #BD6251 #76BD51 #51ACBD

split-complementary

#9851BD #ACBD51 #51BD62

monochromatic

#54296B #773997 #9851BD #B27DCE #CDAADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#9851BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#9851BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9851BD

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9851BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9851BD	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#316CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B72BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94647F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9851bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 81, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.172 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b985d1',
    500: '#9851bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9851bd;
$custom-light: #b985d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9851bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.444,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56585,
    "c": 0.17171,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9851BD

secondary

#AECC9E

accent

#D55380

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#120B14

muted

#817C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9851BD

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

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