#9C56E7#9C56E7

#9C56E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.212 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C56E7
RGB	rgb(156, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(269, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(269, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.26, 55.95, -62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.26, 84.08, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% 0.1144 -0.1781)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.212 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4586, 19.4930, 77.6910)
Luminance	0.1949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C56E7 #A1E756

analogous

#5658E7 #9C56E7 #E556E7

triadic

#9C56E7 #E79C56 #56E79C

tetradic

#9C56E7 #E75658 #A1E756 #56E7E5

square

#9C56E7 #E75658 #A1E756 #56E7E5

split-complementary

#9C56E7 #E7E556 #58E756

monochromatic

#5F18AA #7D20DF #9C56E7 #BB8CEF #DBC1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#9C56E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#9C56E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C56E7

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C56E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C56E7	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#277AE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c56e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.212 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be89ef',
    500: '#9c56e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c56e7;
$custom-light: #be89ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c56e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.966,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60404,
    "c": 0.21166,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C56E7

secondary

#CDE7B2

accent

#D70E76

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C56E7

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →