#9C56EB#9C56EB

#9C56EB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.216 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C56EB
RGB	rgb(156, 86, 235)
HSL	hsl(268, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 63.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, 56.91, -64.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 86.07, 311.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% 0.1142 -0.1834)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.216 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0299, 19.7216, 80.7003)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C56EB #A5EB56

analogous

#565AEB #9C56EB #E756EB

triadic

#9C56EB #EB9C56 #56EB9C

tetradic

#9C56EB #EB565A #A5EB56 #56EBE7

square

#9C56EB #EB565A #A5EB56 #56EBE7

split-complementary

#9C56EB #EBE756 #5AEB56

monochromatic

#5F15B2 #7C1FE5 #9C56EB #BC8DF1 #DCC3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#9C56EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#9C56EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C56EB

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C56EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C56EB	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E7AE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c56eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 86, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.216 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be89f2',
    500: '#9c56eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c56eb;
$custom-light: #be89f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c56eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.188,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60676,
    "c": 0.21605,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C56EB

secondary

#D0E9B4

accent

#DB0A79

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C56EB

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

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