#9C56E5#9C56E5

#9C56E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.209 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C56E5
RGB	rgb(156, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(269, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, 55.48, -61.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 83.07, 311.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% 0.1146 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.209 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1777, 19.3807, 76.2119)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C56E5 #9FE556

analogous

#5658E5 #9C56E5 #E456E5

triadic

#9C56E5 #E59C56 #56E59C

tetradic

#9C56E5 #E55658 #9FE556 #56E5E4

square

#9C56E5 #E55658 #9FE556 #56E5E4

split-complementary

#9C56E5 #E5E456 #58E556

monochromatic

#5F1AA7 #7D22DC #9C56E5 #BB8BED #DAC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#9C56E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#9C56E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C56E5

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C56E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C56E5	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A79E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c56e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.209 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be89ee',
    500: '#9c56e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c56e5;
$custom-light: #be89ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c56e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.371,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60269,
    "c": 0.20947,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C56E5

secondary

#CCE6B1

accent

#D51075

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C56E5

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