#9C57E5#9C57E5

#9C57E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.208 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C57E5
RGB	rgb(156, 87, 229)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(269, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 62%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.31, 54.98, -61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.31, 82.52, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% 0.1134 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.208 303)
XYZ	xyz(31.2581, 19.5415, 76.2387)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C57E5 #A0E557

analogous

#5759E5 #9C57E5 #E357E5

triadic

#9C57E5 #E59C57 #57E59C

tetradic

#9C57E5 #E55759 #A0E557 #57E5E3

square

#9C57E5 #E55759 #A0E557 #57E5E3

split-complementary

#9C57E5 #E5E357 #59E557

monochromatic

#5F1AA8 #7D22DD #9C57E5 #BB8CED #DAC1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#9C57E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#9C57E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C57E5

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C57E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C57E5	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)

#0079E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C7AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c57e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 87, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.208 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8aee',
    500: '#9c57e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c57e5;
$custom-light: #be8aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c57e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.155,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60403,
    "c": 0.20812,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.19541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C57E5

secondary

#CDE6B2

accent

#D51076

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C57E5

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

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