#9B49C8#9B49C8

#9B49C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.196 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B49C8
RGB	rgb(155, 73, 200)
HSL	hsl(279, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 63.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.85, 55.02, -52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.85, 75.83, 316.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% 0.1298 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.196 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3235, 15.9044, 56.3156)
Luminance	0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B49C8 #76C849

analogous

#5B49C8 #9B49C8 #C849B5

triadic

#9B49C8 #C89B49 #49C89B

tetradic

#9B49C8 #C85B49 #76C849 #49B5C8

square

#9B49C8 #C85B49 #76C849 #49B5C8

split-complementary

#9B49C8 #B5C849 #49C85B

monochromatic

#572374 #7A31A3 #9B49C8 #B578D6 #CFA7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#9B49C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#9B49C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B49C8

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B49C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B49C8	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#066BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D71C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966282

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b49c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 73, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.196 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc81d9',
    500: '#9b49c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b49c8;
$custom-light: #bc81d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b49c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.74,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56562,
    "c": 0.19613,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B49C8

secondary

#AED29B

accent

#DD4B7F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#120B15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B49C8

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

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