#9C5BD5#9C5BD5

#9C5BD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.185 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5BD5
RGB	rgb(156, 91, 213)
HSL	hsl(272, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(272, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 57.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.10, 49.15, -52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.10, 72.15, 312.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% 0.109 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.185 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4591, 19.3544, 65.1217)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5BD5 #94D55B

analogous

#5F5BD5 #9C5BD5 #D55BD1

triadic

#9C5BD5 #D59C5B #5BD59C

tetradic

#9C5BD5 #D55F5B #94D55B #5BD1D5

square

#9C5BD5 #D55F5B #94D55B #5BD1D5

split-complementary

#9C5BD5 #D1D55B #5BD55F

monochromatic

#5E2591 #7E32C1 #9C5BD5 #B98CE1 #D7BCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#9C5BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#9C5BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5BD5

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5BD5	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B78D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93728F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 91, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.185 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8ce2',
    500: '#9c5bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5bd5;
$custom-light: #bc8ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.967,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59931,
    "c": 0.18452,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5BD5

secondary

#C4DEAE

accent

#E2458F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5BD5

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

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