#9B56E4#9B56E4

#9B56E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.208 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B56E4
RGB	rgb(155, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(269, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(269, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.95, 55.02, -61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.95, 82.57, 311.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.1133 -0.1746)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.208 303)
XYZ	xyz(30.8457, 19.2256, 75.4696)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B56E4 #9FE456

analogous

#5658E4 #9B56E4 #E256E4

triadic

#9B56E4 #E49B56 #56E49B

tetradic

#9B56E4 #E45658 #9FE456 #56E4E2

square

#9B56E4 #E45658 #9FE456 #56E4E2

split-complementary

#9B56E4 #E4E256 #58E456

monochromatic

#5E1AA5 #7C23DA #9B56E4 #BA8BEC #D9C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#9B56E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#9B56E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B56E4

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B56E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B56E4	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A79E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b56e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.208 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd89ed',
    500: '#9b56e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b56e4;
$custom-light: #bd89ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b56e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.155,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60093,
    "c": 0.20816,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.19226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B56E4

secondary

#CCE5B0

accent

#D51176

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B56E4

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

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