#9C5AE9#9C5AE9

#9C5AE9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.208 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5AE9
RGB	rgb(156, 90, 233)
HSL	hsl(268, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 61.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, 54.41, -62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 82.84, 311.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% 0.1098 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.208 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0710, 20.2633, 79.2966)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5AE9 #A7E95A

analogous

#5A5FE9 #9C5AE9 #E35AE9

triadic

#9C5AE9 #E99C5A #5AE99C

tetradic

#9C5AE9 #E95A5F #A7E95A #5AE9E3

square

#9C5AE9 #E95A5F #A7E95A #5AE9E3

split-complementary

#9C5AE9 #E9E35A #5FE95A

monochromatic

#5E18B1 #7C24E2 #9C5AE9 #BC90F0 #DDC6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#9C5AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#9C5AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5AE9

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5AE9	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B7CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 90, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.208 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8cf1',
    500: '#9c5ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5ae9;
$custom-light: #be8cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61079,
    "c": 0.20848,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5AE9

secondary

#D1E9B6

accent

#D90D7B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5AE9

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

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