#9C4CE3#9C4CE3

#9C4CE3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.220 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4CE3
RGB	rgb(156, 76, 227)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 66.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.23, 59.85, -63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.23, 87.46, 313.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.1257 -0.181)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.22 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1568, 17.7830, 74.5019)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4CE3 #93E34C

analogous

#514CE3 #9C4CE3 #E34CDF

triadic

#9C4CE3 #E39C4C #4CE39C

tetradic

#9C4CE3 #E3514C #93E34C #4CDFE3

square

#9C4CE3 #E3514C #93E34C #4CDFE3

split-complementary

#9C4CE3 #DFE34C #4CE351

monochromatic

#5E189C #7E21D1 #9C4CE3 #B981EB #D7B6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#9C4CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#9C4CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4CE3

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4CE3	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1875E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F6E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 76, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.220 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be83ed',
    500: '#9c4ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4ce3;
$custom-light: #be83ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.788,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5886,
    "c": 0.2204,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4CE3

secondary

#C4E3A8

accent

#F0388E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4CE3

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

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