#9B49D5#9B49D5

#9B49D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.209 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B49D5
RGB	rgb(155, 73, 213)
HSL	hsl(275, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(275, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 65.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 57.88, -58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 82.17, 314.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.129 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.21 308)
XYZ	xyz(27.9079, 16.5382, 64.6599)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B49D5 #83D549

analogous

#5549D5 #9B49D5 #D549C9

triadic

#9B49D5 #D59B49 #49D59B

tetradic

#9B49D5 #D55549 #83D549 #49C9D5

square

#9B49D5 #D55549 #83D549 #49C9D5

split-complementary

#9B49D5 #C9D549 #49D555

monochromatic

#5B1F85 #7C2AB7 #9B49D5 #B67BE0 #D2ACEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#9B49D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#9B49D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B49D5

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B49D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B49D5	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D72D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#926789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b49d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 73, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.209 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd81e3',
    500: '#9b49d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b49d5;
$custom-light: #bd81e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b49d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.143,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57419,
    "c": 0.2095,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.16538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B49D5

secondary

#B8DAA0

accent

#E64286

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#120B15

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B49D5

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

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