#9C4EE5#9C4EE5

#9C4EE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.220 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C4EE5
RGB	rgb(156, 78, 229)
HSL	hsl(271, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(271, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 65.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.71, 59.37, -64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.71, 87.40, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% 0.1234 -0.1821)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.22 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5743, 18.1739, 76.0107)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C4EE5 #97E54E

analogous

#504EE5 #9C4EE5 #E54EE3

triadic

#9C4EE5 #E59C4E #4EE59C

tetradic

#9C4EE5 #E5504E #97E54E #4EE3E5

square

#9C4EE5 #E5504E #97E54E #4EE3E5

split-complementary

#9C4EE5 #E3E54E #4EE550

monochromatic

#5F18A1 #7E1FD6 #9C4EE5 #BA83ED #D8B9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#9C4EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#9C4EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C4EE5

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C4EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C4EE5	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1876E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c4ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 78, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.220 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be85ee',
    500: '#9c4ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c4ee5;
$custom-light: #be85ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c4ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.993,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59243,
    "c": 0.21996,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C4EE5

secondary

#C6E4AA

accent

#D70F6F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C4EE5

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

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