#9C5AEE#9C5AEE

#9C5AEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.214 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5AEE
RGB	rgb(156, 90, 238)
HSL	hsl(267, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(267, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 62.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, 55.62, -64.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 85.36, 310.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% 0.1095 -0.1839)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.214 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7954, 20.5531, 83.1117)
Luminance	0.2055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5AEE #ACEE5A

analogous

#5A62EE #9C5AEE #E65AEE

triadic

#9C5AEE #EE9C5A #5AEE9C

tetradic

#9C5AEE #EE5A62 #ACEE5A #5AEEE6

square

#9C5AEE #EE5A62 #ACEE5A #5AEEE6

split-complementary

#9C5AEE #EEE65A #62EE5A

monochromatic

#5E13BA #7B23E8 #9C5AEE #BD91F4 #DFC9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#9C5AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#9C5AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5AEE

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5AEE	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#217CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 90, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.214 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8cf4',
    500: '#9c5aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5aee;
$custom-light: #be8cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.757,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61416,
    "c": 0.21407,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5AEE

secondary

#D5ECB8

accent

#DE087E

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5AEE

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

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