#9C56CE#9C56CE

#9C56CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.184 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C56CE
RGB	rgb(156, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(275, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(275, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.71, 50.14, -51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.71, 71.55, 314.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% 0.1152 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.184 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1765, 18.1802, 60.4053)
Luminance	0.1818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C56CE #88CE56

analogous

#6056CE #9C56CE #CE56C4

triadic

#9C56CE #CE9C56 #56CE9C

tetradic

#9C56CE #CE6056 #88CE56 #56C4CE

square

#9C56CE #CE6056 #88CE56 #56C4CE

split-complementary

#9C56CE #C4CE56 #56CE60

monochromatic

#5D2683 #7E34B3 #9C56CE #B885DC #D4B5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#9C56CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#9C56CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C56CE

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C56CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C56CE	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2973D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4677CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c56ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.184 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc89dd',
    500: '#9c56ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c56ce;
$custom-light: #bc89dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c56ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58786,
    "c": 0.18414,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C56CE

secondary

#BCD8A8

accent

#DE4987

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C56CE

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

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