#9C49E6#9C49E6

#9C49E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.227 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C49E6
RGB	rgb(156, 73, 230)
HSL	hsl(272, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 68.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, 61.92, -65.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 90.45, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% 0.1285 -0.1874)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.227 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3725, 17.5463, 76.6343)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C49E6 #93E649

analogous

#4E49E6 #9C49E6 #E649E1

triadic

#9C49E6 #E69C49 #49E69C

tetradic

#9C49E6 #E64E49 #93E649 #49E1E6

square

#9C49E6 #E64E49 #93E649 #49E1E6

split-complementary

#9C49E6 #E1E649 #49E64E

monochromatic

#5E169F #7E1DD5 #9C49E6 #B97FED #D7B5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#9C49E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#9C49E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C49E6

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C49E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C49E6	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c49e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 73, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.227 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf82ef',
    500: '#9c49e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c49e6;
$custom-light: #bf82ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c49e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.72,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58717,
    "c": 0.22719,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C49E6

secondary

#C4E4A7

accent

#F2358E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C49E6

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

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