#9C3ED6#9C3ED6

#9C3ED6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.224 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C3ED6
RGB	rgb(156, 62, 214)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 71%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.14, 63.15, -61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.14, 88.06, 315.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% 0.1417 -0.1739)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.224 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5681, 15.3687, 65.1195)
Luminance	0.1537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C3ED6 #78D63E

analogous

#503ED6 #9C3ED6 #D63EC4

triadic

#9C3ED6 #D69C3E #3ED69C

tetradic

#9C3ED6 #D6503E #78D63E #3EC4D6

square

#9C3ED6 #D6503E #78D63E #3EC4D6

split-complementary

#9C3ED6 #C4D63E #3ED650

monochromatic

#591B7F #7C26B1 #9C3ED6 #B670E1 #D0A3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#9C3ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#9C3ED6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C3ED6

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C3ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C3ED6	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A6ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#936086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c3ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 62, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.224 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7be3',
    500: '#9c3ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c3ed6;
$custom-light: #be7be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c3ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.105,
    "s": 64.957,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56369,
    "c": 0.22434,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C3ED6

secondary

#B0D898

accent

#E84080

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C3ED6

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

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