#9C56E6#9C56E6

#9C56E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.211 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C56E6
RGB	rgb(156, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(269, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(269, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, 55.72, -62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 83.58, 311.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% 0.1145 -0.1767)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.211 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3177, 19.4367, 76.9493)
Luminance	0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C56E6 #A0E656

analogous

#5658E6 #9C56E6 #E456E6

triadic

#9C56E6 #E69C56 #56E69C

tetradic

#9C56E6 #E65658 #A0E656 #56E6E4

square

#9C56E6 #E65658 #A0E656 #56E6E4

split-complementary

#9C56E6 #E6E456 #58E656

monochromatic

#5F19A9 #7D21DE #9C56E6 #BB8BEE #DAC1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#9C56E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#9C56E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C56E6

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C56E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C56E6	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#297AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c56e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.211 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be89ef',
    500: '#9c56e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c56e6;
$custom-light: #be89ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c56e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.167,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60336,
    "c": 0.21057,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C56E6

secondary

#CDE6B1

accent

#D60F76

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C56E6

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

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