#9C56E8#9C56E8

#9C56E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.213 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C56E8
RGB	rgb(156, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(269, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(269, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 56.19, -63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 84.58, 311.63°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.1144 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.213 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6002, 19.5497, 78.4370)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C56E8 #A2E856

analogous

#5659E8 #9C56E8 #E556E8

triadic

#9C56E8 #E89C56 #56E89C

tetradic

#9C56E8 #E85659 #A2E856 #56E8E5

square

#9C56E8 #E85659 #A2E856 #56E8E5

split-complementary

#9C56E8 #E8E556 #59E856

monochromatic

#5F17AC #7C20E1 #9C56E8 #BC8CEF #DBC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#9C56E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#9C56E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C56E8

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C56E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C56E8	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#257AE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c56e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.213 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be89f0',
    500: '#9c56e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c56e8;
$custom-light: #be89f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c56e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.767,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60472,
    "c": 0.21276,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C56E8

secondary

#CEE8B2

accent

#D80D77

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C56E8

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

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