#9C56DB#9C56DB

#9C56DB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.198 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C56DB
RGB	rgb(156, 86, 219)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(272, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 60.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.50, 53.13, -57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.50, 78.06, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.115 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.198 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8215, 18.8382, 69.0692)
Luminance	0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C56DB #95DB56

analogous

#5A56DB #9C56DB #DB56D7

triadic

#9C56DB #DB9C56 #56DB9C

tetradic

#9C56DB #DB5A56 #95DB56 #56D7DB

square

#9C56DB #DB5A56 #95DB56 #56D7DB

split-complementary

#9C56DB #D7DB56 #56DB5A

monochromatic

#5E2097 #7E2BC9 #9C56DB #BA88E6 #D7BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#9C56DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#9C56DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C56DB

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C56DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C56DB	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B76DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3978D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c56db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 86, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.198 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd89e7',
    500: '#9c56db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c56db;
$custom-light: #bd89e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c56db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59608,
    "c": 0.19847,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C56DB

secondary

#C5E0AD

accent

#E8408F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C56DB

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

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