#9851CC#9851CC

#9851CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.188 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9851CC
RGB	rgb(152, 81, 204)
HSL	hsl(275, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(275, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 60.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 51.27, -52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 73.32, 314.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.1163 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.188 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7882, 16.9203, 58.9698)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9851CC #85CC51

analogous

#5A51CC #9851CC #CC51C3

triadic

#9851CC #CC9851 #51CC98

tetradic

#9851CC #CC5A51 #85CC51 #51C3CC

square

#9851CC #CC5A51 #85CC51 #51C3CC

split-complementary

#9851CC #C3CC51 #51CC5A

monochromatic

#58257E #7933AD #9851CC #B480DA #D0B0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#9851CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#9851CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9851CC

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9851CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9851CC	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B70D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E73C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#906987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9851cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 81, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.188 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba85dc',
    500: '#9851cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9851cc;
$custom-light: #ba85dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9851cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.634,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57509,
    "c": 0.18805,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9851CC

secondary

#B8D6A3

accent

#DE4A88

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#120B15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9851CC

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

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