#9C4ED9#9C4ED9

#9C4ED9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.207 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4ED9
RGB	rgb(156, 78, 217)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 64.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.92, 56.62, -58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.92, 81.49, 314.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% 0.1244 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.207 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9564, 17.5268, 67.4897)
Luminance	0.1753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4ED9 #8BD94E

analogous

#564ED9 #9C4ED9 #D94ED0

triadic

#9C4ED9 #D99C4E #4ED99C

tetradic

#9C4ED9 #D9564E #8BD94E #4ED0D9

square

#9C4ED9 #D9564E #8BD94E #4ED0D9

split-complementary

#9C4ED9 #D0D94E #4ED956

monochromatic

#5D1F8E #7E29C0 #9C4ED9 #B880E4 #D4B3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#9C4ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#9C4ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C4ED9

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C4ED9	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)

#0072DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3075D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#926B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 78, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.207 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd84e5',
    500: '#9c4ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4ed9;
$custom-light: #bd84e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.669,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58424,
    "c": 0.20732,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4ED9

secondary

#BEDDA6

accent

#E8408A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4ED9

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

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