#9856E2#9856E2

#9856E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.205 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9856E2
RGB	rgb(152, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(268, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, 53.89, -61.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 81.56, 311.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% 0.1096 -0.1737)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.205 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0009, 18.8219, 73.9892)
Luminance	0.1882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9856E2 #A0E256

analogous

#565AE2 #9856E2 #DE56E2

triadic

#9856E2 #E29856 #56E298

tetradic

#9856E2 #E2565A #A0E256 #56E2DE

square

#9856E2 #E2565A #A0E256 #56E2DE

split-complementary

#9856E2 #E2DE56 #5AE256

monochromatic

#5B1CA2 #7825D6 #9856E2 #B88AEB #D8BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#9856E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#9856E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9856E2

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9856E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9856E2	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2978DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9856e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.205 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb89ec',
    500: '#9856e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9856e2;
$custom-light: #bb89ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9856e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.286,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59633,
    "c": 0.20534,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9856E2

secondary

#CBE4B0

accent

#D31378

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9856E2

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

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