#9B49D9#9B49D9

#9B49D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.214 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B49D9
RGB	rgb(155, 73, 217)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 66.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 58.77, -60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 84.12, 314.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.1287 -0.1705)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.214 307)
XYZ	xyz(28.4219, 16.7437, 67.3668)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B49D9 #87D949

analogous

#5349D9 #9B49D9 #D949CF

triadic

#9B49D9 #D99B49 #49D99B

tetradic

#9B49D9 #D95349 #87D949 #49CFD9

square

#9B49D9 #D95349 #87D949 #49CFD9

split-complementary

#9B49D9 #CFD949 #49D953

monochromatic

#5B1D8B #7D28BD #9B49D9 #B77CE4 #D3AEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#9B49D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#9B49D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B49D9

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B49D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B49D9	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2672D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91688B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b49d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 73, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.214 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd81e6',
    500: '#9b49d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b49d9;
$custom-light: #bd81e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b49d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.167,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57691,
    "c": 0.21361,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.16743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B49D9

secondary

#BBDCA2

accent

#E83F88

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B49D9

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

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