#9C53E5#9C53E5

#9C53E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.213 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C53E5
RGB	rgb(156, 83, 229)
HSL	hsl(270, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(270, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 63.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.58, 56.97, -62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.58, 84.72, 312.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% 0.1179 -0.1779)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.213 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9432, 18.9116, 76.1337)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C53E5 #9CE553

analogous

#5353E5 #9C53E5 #E553E5

triadic

#9C53E5 #E59C53 #53E59C

tetradic

#9C53E5 #E55353 #9CE553 #53E5E5

square

#9C53E5 #E55353 #9CE553 #53E5E5

split-complementary

#9C53E5 #E5E553 #53E553

monochromatic

#5F19A5 #7D21DA #9C53E5 #BB88ED #D9BDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#9C53E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#9C53E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C53E5

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C53E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C53E5	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2478E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c53e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 83, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.213 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be87ee',
    500: '#9c53e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c53e5;
$custom-light: #be87ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c53e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59874,
    "c": 0.21348,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C53E5

secondary

#CAE5AE

accent

#D61073

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C53E5

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

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