#9856E4#9856E4

#9856E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.208 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9856E4
RGB	rgb(152, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(268, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.61, 54.37, -62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.61, 82.57, 311.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.1094 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.208 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2770, 18.9323, 75.4430)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9856E4 #A2E456

analogous

#565BE4 #9856E4 #DF56E4

triadic

#9856E4 #E49856 #56E498

tetradic

#9856E4 #E4565B #A2E456 #56E4DF

square

#9856E4 #E4565B #A2E456 #56E4DF

split-complementary

#9856E4 #E4DF56 #5BE456

monochromatic

#5B1AA5 #7823DA #9856E4 #B88BEC #D8C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#9856E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#9856E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9856E4

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9856E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9856E4	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2578E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9856e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.208 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb89ed',
    500: '#9856e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9856e4;
$custom-light: #bb89ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9856e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.887,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59769,
    "c": 0.20757,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9856E4

secondary

#CDE5B0

accent

#D5117A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9856E4

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

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