#9C51DD#9C51DD

#9C51DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.208 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C51DD
RGB	rgb(156, 81, 221)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 63.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.71, 56.08, -59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.71, 81.84, 313.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% 0.1208 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.208 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7010, 18.1735, 70.3357)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C51DD #92DD51

analogous

#5651DD #9C51DD #DD51D8

triadic

#9C51DD #DD9C51 #51DD9C

tetradic

#9C51DD #DD5651 #92DD51 #51D8DD

square

#9C51DD #DD5651 #92DD51 #51D8DD

split-complementary

#9C51DD #D8DD51 #51DD56

monochromatic

#5E1D96 #7E27C9 #9C51DD #B984E7 #D6B7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#9C51DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#9C51DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C51DD

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C51DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C51DD	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)

#0074E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F76DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c51dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 81, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.208 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be86e8',
    500: '#9c51dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c51dd;
$custom-light: #be86e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c51dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59075,
    "c": 0.20754,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C51DD

secondary

#C3E0AA

accent

#EA3E8E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C51DD

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

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