#9856D8#9856D8

#9856D8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.194 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9856D8
RGB	rgb(152, 86, 216)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(270, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 60.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 51.51, -56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 76.50, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% 0.11 -0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.194 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6686, 18.2890, 66.9722)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9856D8 #96D856

analogous

#5756D8 #9856D8 #D856D7

triadic

#9856D8 #D89856 #56D898

tetradic

#9856D8 #D85756 #96D856 #56D7D8

square

#9856D8 #D85756 #96D856 #56D7D8

split-complementary

#9856D8 #D7D856 #56D857

monochromatic

#5B2292 #7A2DC4 #9856D8 #B688E3 #D5B9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#9856D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#9856D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9856D8

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9856D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9856D8	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1075DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3877D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D708F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9856d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 86, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.194 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba89e5',
    500: '#9856d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9856d8;
$custom-light: #ba89e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9856d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.462,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58971,
    "c": 0.19415,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9856D8

secondary

#C5DEAB

accent

#E64293

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9856D8

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

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