#9C5AE5#9C5AE5

#9C5AE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.204 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5AE5
RGB	rgb(156, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(268, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, 53.45, -60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 80.83, 311.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% 0.11 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.204 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5061, 20.0374, 76.3213)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5AE5 #A3E55A

analogous

#5A5EE5 #9C5AE5 #E15AE5

triadic

#9C5AE5 #E59C5A #5AE59C

tetradic

#9C5AE5 #E55A5E #A3E55A #5AE5E1

square

#9C5AE5 #E55A5E #A3E55A #5AE5E1

split-complementary

#9C5AE5 #E5E15A #5EE55A

monochromatic

#5F1BAA #7C25DD #9C5AE5 #BC8FED #DBC4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#9C5AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#9C5AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5AE5

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5AE5	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#327BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.204 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8cee',
    500: '#9c5ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5ae5;
$custom-light: #be8cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.489,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60813,
    "c": 0.204,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5AE5

secondary

#CFE7B4

accent

#D51178

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5AE5

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

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