#9C56DC#9C56DC

#9C56DC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.200 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C56DC
RGB	rgb(156, 86, 220)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(271, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 60.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 53.36, -57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 78.57, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% 0.115 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.2 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9535, 18.8910, 69.7646)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C56DC #96DC56

analogous

#5956DC #9C56DC #DC56D9

triadic

#9C56DC #DC9C56 #56DC9C

tetradic

#9C56DC #DC5956 #96DC56 #56D9DC

square

#9C56DC #DC5956 #96DC56 #56D9DC

split-complementary

#9C56DC #D9DC56 #56DC59

monochromatic

#5E2098 #7E2ACB #9C56DC #BA89E6 #D7BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#9C56DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#9C56DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C56DC

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C56DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C56DC	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)

#0676E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3879D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c56dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 86, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.200 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd89e8',
    500: '#9c56dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c56dc;
$custom-light: #bd89e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c56dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.343,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59673,
    "c": 0.19957,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C56DC

secondary

#C6E1AD

accent

#E93F90

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C56DC

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

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