#9C3ED5#9C3ED5

#9C3ED5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.223 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C3ED5
RGB	rgb(156, 62, 213)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 70.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, 62.94, -60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 87.59, 315.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% 0.1419 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.223 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4408, 15.3178, 64.4490)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C3ED5 #77D53E

analogous

#513ED5 #9C3ED5 #D53EC3

triadic

#9C3ED5 #D59C3E #3ED59C

tetradic

#9C3ED5 #D5513E #77D53E #3EC3D5

square

#9C3ED5 #D5513E #77D53E #3EC3D5

split-complementary

#9C3ED5 #C3D53E #3ED551

monochromatic

#581B7D #7C26B0 #9C3ED5 #B670E0 #D0A3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#9C3ED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#9C3ED5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C3ED5

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C3ED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C3ED5	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C6ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c3ed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 62, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.223 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7be3',
    500: '#9c3ed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c3ed5;
$custom-light: #be7be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c3ed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.351,
    "s": 64.255,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56298,
    "c": 0.22338,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C3ED5

secondary

#B0D897

accent

#E7417F

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C3ED5

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

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