#9856E8#9856E8

#9856E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.212 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9856E8
RGB	rgb(152, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(267, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(267, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.87, 55.34, -63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.87, 84.58, 310.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% 0.1092 -0.1817)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.212 301)
XYZ	xyz(30.8387, 19.1570, 78.4013)
Luminance	0.1916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9856E8 #A6E856

analogous

#565DE8 #9856E8 #E156E8

triadic

#9856E8 #E89856 #56E898

tetradic

#9856E8 #E8565D #A6E856 #56E8E1

square

#9856E8 #E8565D #A6E856 #56E8E1

split-complementary

#9856E8 #E8E156 #5DE856

monochromatic

#5B17AC #7720E1 #9856E8 #B98CEF #DAC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#9856E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#9856E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9856E8

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9856E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9856E8	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C78E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#877697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9856e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.212 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb89f0',
    500: '#9856e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9856e8;
$custom-light: #bb89f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9856e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.123,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60042,
    "c": 0.21202,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.19157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9856E8

secondary

#CFE8B2

accent

#D80D7C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9856E8

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

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