#9C46E1#9C46E1

#9C46E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.226 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C46E1
RGB	rgb(156, 70, 225)
HSL	hsl(273, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(273, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 68.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 62.13, -64.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 89.52, 313.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% 0.1322 -0.183)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.226 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4881, 16.8847, 72.9252)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C46E1 #8BE146

analogous

#4E46E1 #9C46E1 #E146D9

triadic

#9C46E1 #E19C46 #46E19C

tetradic

#9C46E1 #E14E46 #8BE146 #46D9E1

square

#9C46E1 #E14E46 #8BE146 #46D9E1

split-complementary

#9C46E1 #D9E146 #46E14E

monochromatic

#5D1895 #7E21C9 #9C46E1 #B87BEA #D4AFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#9C46E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#9C46E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C46E1

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C46E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C46E1	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A73DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90698F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c46e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 70, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.226 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be80eb',
    500: '#9c46e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c46e1;
$custom-light: #be80eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c46e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.29,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58018,
    "c": 0.22574,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C46E1

secondary

#BEE0A2

accent

#EF398A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C46E1

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

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