#9851CB#9851CB

#9851CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.187 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9851CB
RGB	rgb(152, 81, 203)
HSL	hsl(275, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(275, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 60.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.10, 51.05, -51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.10, 72.81, 314.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% 0.1163 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.187 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6687, 16.8725, 58.3401)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9851CB #84CB51

analogous

#5B51CB #9851CB #CB51C1

triadic

#9851CB #CB9851 #51CB98

tetradic

#9851CB #CB5B51 #84CB51 #51C1CB

square

#9851CB #CB5B51 #84CB51 #51C1CB

split-complementary

#9851CB #C1CB51 #51CB5B

monochromatic

#58257C #7933AC #9851CB #B480D9 #D0AFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#9851CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#9851CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9851CB

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9851CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9851CB	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D6FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F73C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9851cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 81, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.187 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba85db',
    500: '#9851cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9851cb;
$custom-light: #ba85db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9851cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.918,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57445,
    "c": 0.18696,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9851CB

secondary

#B8D5A3

accent

#DD4A88

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#120B15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9851CB

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

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