#9B4CE5#9B4CE5

#9B4CE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.222 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B4CE5
RGB	rgb(155, 76, 229)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(271, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 66.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.25, 60.11, -64.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.25, 88.45, 312.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% 0.1242 -0.1843)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.222 304)
XYZ	xyz(30.2416, 17.7947, 75.9551)
Luminance	0.1779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B4CE5 #96E54C

analogous

#4E4CE5 #9B4CE5 #E54CE3

triadic

#9B4CE5 #E59B4C #4CE59B

tetradic

#9B4CE5 #E54E4C #96E54C #4CE3E5

square

#9B4CE5 #E54E4C #96E54C #4CE3E5

split-complementary

#9B4CE5 #E3E54C #4CE54E

monochromatic

#5E179F #7D1FD5 #9B4CE5 #B981ED #D7B7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#9B4CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#9B4CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B4CE5

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B4CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B4CE5	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D75E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D6E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b4ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 76, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.222 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be83ee',
    500: '#9b4ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b4ce5;
$custom-light: #be83ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b4ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.98,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58886,
    "c": 0.22226,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.17795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B4CE5

secondary

#C5E4A9

accent

#F13791

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B4CE5

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

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