#9C57E6#9C57E6

#9C57E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.209 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C57E6
RGB	rgb(156, 87, 230)
HSL	hsl(269, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(269, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 62.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 55.21, -62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 83.02, 311.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.1134 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.209 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3981, 19.5975, 76.9761)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C57E6 #A1E657

analogous

#575AE6 #9C57E6 #E357E6

triadic

#9C57E6 #E69C57 #57E69C

tetradic

#9C57E6 #E6575A #A1E657 #57E6E3

square

#9C57E6 #E6575A #A1E657 #57E6E3

split-complementary

#9C57E6 #E6E357 #5AE657

monochromatic

#5F19A9 #7D22DE #9C57E6 #BB8CEE #DBC2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#9C57E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#9C57E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C57E6

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C57E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C57E6	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B7AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c57e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 87, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.209 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8aef',
    500: '#9c57e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c57e6;
$custom-light: #be8aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c57e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.951,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6047,
    "c": 0.20922,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C57E6

secondary

#CDE7B2

accent

#D60F76

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C57E6

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

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