#9C4AE4#9C4AE4

#9C4AE4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.224 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4AE4
RGB	rgb(156, 74, 228)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 67.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 61.01, -64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 88.97, 313.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.1277 -0.1839)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.224 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1595, 17.5671, 75.1857)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4AE4 #92E44A

analogous

#4F4AE4 #9C4AE4 #E44ADF

triadic

#9C4AE4 #E49C4A #4AE49C

tetradic

#9C4AE4 #E44F4A #92E44A #4ADFE4

square

#9C4AE4 #E44F4A #92E44A #4ADFE4

split-complementary

#9C4AE4 #DFE44A #4AE44F

monochromatic

#5E179C #7E1FD2 #9C4AE4 #B97FEC #D6B5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#9C4AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#9C4AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4AE4

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4AE4	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D74E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F6D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 74, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.224 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be82ed',
    500: '#9c4ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4ae4;
$custom-light: #be82ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.948,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58691,
    "c": 0.22392,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4AE4

secondary

#C3E3A7

accent

#F1378E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4AE4

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

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