#9C5AE3#9C5AE3

#9C5AE3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.202 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5AE3
RGB	rgb(156, 90, 227)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(269, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 60.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.75, 52.97, -59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.75, 79.82, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% 0.11 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.202 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2284, 19.9263, 74.8591)
Luminance	0.1993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5AE3 #A1E35A

analogous

#5A5DE3 #9C5AE3 #E05AE3

triadic

#9C5AE3 #E39C5A #5AE39C

tetradic

#9C5AE3 #E35A5D #A1E35A #5AE3E0

square

#9C5AE3 #E35A5D #A1E35A #5AE3E0

split-complementary

#9C5AE3 #E3E05A #5DE35A

monochromatic

#5F1CA6 #7D26DA #9C5AE3 #BB8EEC #DBC3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#9C5AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#9C5AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5AE3

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5AE3	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#037AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357BE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 90, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.202 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8cec',
    500: '#9c5ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5ae3;
$custom-light: #bd8cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.905,
    "s": 70.984,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60681,
    "c": 0.20176,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5AE3

secondary

#CDE6B3

accent

#D31276

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5AE3

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

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