#9C5AE8#9C5AE8

#9C5AE8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.207 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5AE8
RGB	rgb(156, 90, 232)
HSL	hsl(268, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 61.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, 54.17, -62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 82.34, 311.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% 0.1098 -0.1759)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.207 302)
XYZ	xyz(31.9285, 20.2064, 78.5464)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5AE8 #A6E85A

analogous

#5A5FE8 #9C5AE8 #E35AE8

triadic

#9C5AE8 #E89C5A #5AE89C

tetradic

#9C5AE8 #E85A5F #A6E85A #5AE8E3

square

#9C5AE8 #E85A5F #A6E85A #5AE8E3

split-complementary

#9C5AE8 #E8E35A #5FE85A

monochromatic

#5E18AF #7C24E1 #9C5AE8 #BC90EF #DCC5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#9C5AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#9C5AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5AE8

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5AE8	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D7CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 90, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.207 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8cf0',
    500: '#9c5ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5ae8;
$custom-light: #be8cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.887,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61012,
    "c": 0.20736,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.20206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5AE8

secondary

#D1E8B5

accent

#D80E7A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5AE8

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

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