#9C5AED#9C5AED

#9C5AED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.213 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5AED
RGB	rgb(156, 90, 237)
HSL	hsl(267, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(267, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 62%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, 55.38, -64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 84.86, 310.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% 0.1096 -0.1826)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.213 301)
XYZ	xyz(32.6489, 20.4945, 82.3401)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5AED #ABED5A

analogous

#5A62ED #9C5AED #E65AED

triadic

#9C5AED #ED9C5A #5AED9C

tetradic

#9C5AED #ED5A62 #ABED5A #5AEDE6

square

#9C5AED #ED5A62 #ABED5A #5AEDE6

split-complementary

#9C5AED #EDE65A #62ED5A

monochromatic

#5E14B8 #7B23E7 #9C5AED #BD91F3 #DEC8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#9C5AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#9C5AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5AED

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5AED	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#237CEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 90, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.213 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8cf4',
    500: '#9c5aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5aed;
$custom-light: #be8cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.939,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61348,
    "c": 0.21295,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.20495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5AED

secondary

#D4EBB8

accent

#DD097E

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5AED

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

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