#9C57DC#9C57DC

#9C57DC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.198 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C57DC
RGB	rgb(156, 87, 220)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(271, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 60.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, 52.85, -57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 78.00, 312.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% 0.1138 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.198 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0339, 19.0518, 69.7914)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C57DC #97DC57

analogous

#5A57DC #9C57DC #DC57D9

triadic

#9C57DC #DC9C57 #57DC9C

tetradic

#9C57DC #DC5A57 #97DC57 #57D9DC

square

#9C57DC #DC5A57 #97DC57 #57D9DC

split-complementary

#9C57DC #D9DC57 #57DC5A

monochromatic

#5F2099 #7E2ACB #9C57DC #BA8AE7 #D8BCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#9C57DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#9C57DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C57DC

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C57DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C57DC	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E77E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3979D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c57dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 87, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.198 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8ae8',
    500: '#9c57dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c57dc;
$custom-light: #bd8ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c57dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.128,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5981,
    "c": 0.19816,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C57DC

secondary

#C6E1AE

accent

#CD186F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C57DC

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

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