#9856E0#9856E0

#9856E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.203 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9856E0
RGB	rgb(152, 86, 224)
HSL	hsl(269, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(269, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 61.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 53.41, -60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 80.55, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% 0.1097 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.203 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7281, 18.7128, 72.5523)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9856E0 #9EE056

analogous

#5659E0 #9856E0 #DD56E0

triadic

#9856E0 #E09856 #56E098

tetradic

#9856E0 #E05659 #9EE056 #56E0DD

square

#9856E0 #E05659 #9EE056 #56E0DD

split-complementary

#9856E0 #E0DD56 #59E056

monochromatic

#5B1D9F #7927D2 #9856E0 #B88AE9 #D7BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#9856E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#9856E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9856E0

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9856E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9856E0	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C77DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9856e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 86, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.203 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb89ea',
    500: '#9856e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9856e0;
$custom-light: #bb89ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9856e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59499,
    "c": 0.2031,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9856E0

secondary

#CAE3AF

accent

#D11577

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9856E0

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

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