#9C5AEA#9C5AEA

#9C5AEA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.210 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5AEA
RGB	rgb(156, 90, 234)
HSL	hsl(268, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(268, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 61.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, 54.65, -62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 83.35, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% 0.1097 -0.1786)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.21 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2142, 20.3206, 80.0511)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5AEA #A8EA5A

analogous

#5A60EA #9C5AEA #E45AEA

triadic

#9C5AEA #EA9C5A #5AEA9C

tetradic

#9C5AEA #EA5A60 #A8EA5A #5AEAE4

square

#9C5AEA #EA5A60 #A8EA5A #5AEAE4

split-complementary

#9C5AEA #EAE45A #60EA5A

monochromatic

#5E17B3 #7B24E3 #9C5AEA #BD90F1 #DDC7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#9C5AEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#9C5AEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5AEA

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5AEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5AEA	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#297CE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C799A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5aea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 90, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.210 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8cf1',
    500: '#9c5aea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5aea;
$custom-light: #be8cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5aea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 77.419,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61146,
    "c": 0.2096,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5AEA

secondary

#D2E9B6

accent

#DA0C7B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5AEA

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

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