#9B49D7#9B49D7

#9B49D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.212 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B49D7
RGB	rgb(155, 73, 215)
HSL	hsl(275, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(275, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 66%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 58.32, -59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 83.15, 314.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.1289 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.212 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1633, 16.6403, 66.0051)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B49D7 #85D749

analogous

#5449D7 #9B49D7 #D749CC

triadic

#9B49D7 #D79B49 #49D79B

tetradic

#9B49D7 #D75449 #85D749 #49CCD7

square

#9B49D7 #D75449 #85D749 #49CCD7

split-complementary

#9B49D7 #CCD749 #49D754

monochromatic

#5B1E88 #7D29BA #9B49D7 #B77BE2 #D2ADED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#9B49D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#9B49D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B49D7

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B49D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B49D7	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A72D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91678A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b49d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 73, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.212 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd81e4',
    500: '#9b49d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b49d7;
$custom-light: #bd81e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b49d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.648,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57554,
    "c": 0.21155,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B49D7

secondary

#B9DBA1

accent

#E74187

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B49D7

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

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