#9C49E1#9C49E1

#9C49E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.222 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C49E1
RGB	rgb(156, 73, 225)
HSL	hsl(273, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(273, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 67.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 60.78, -63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 88.02, 313.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% 0.1291 -0.1807)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.222 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6805, 17.2695, 72.9893)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C49E1 #8EE149

analogous

#5049E1 #9C49E1 #E149DA

triadic

#9C49E1 #E19C49 #49E19C

tetradic

#9C49E1 #E15049 #8EE149 #49DAE1

square

#9C49E1 #E15049 #8EE149 #49DAE1

split-complementary

#9C49E1 #DAE149 #49E150

monochromatic

#5E1997 #7E22CB #9C49E1 #B97EEA #D5B2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#9C49E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#9C49E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C49E1

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C49E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C49E1	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1674DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#906B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c49e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 73, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.222 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be82eb',
    500: '#9c49e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c49e1;
$custom-light: #be82eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c49e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.763,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58363,
    "c": 0.22208,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C49E1

secondary

#C0E1A5

accent

#EE398C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C49E1

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

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