#9C5BDA#9C5BDA

#9C5BDA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.190 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5BDA
RGB	rgb(156, 91, 218)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(271, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 58.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, 50.32, -55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 74.69, 312.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% 0.109 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.19 305)
XYZ	xyz(30.1035, 19.6122, 68.5157)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5BDA #99DA5B

analogous

#5C5BDA #9C5BDA #DA5BD8

triadic

#9C5BDA #DA9C5B #5BDA9C

tetradic

#9C5BDA #DA5C5B #99DA5B #5BD8DA

square

#9C5BDA #DA5C5B #99DA5B #5BD8DA

split-complementary

#9C5BDA #D8DA5B #5BDA5C

monochromatic

#5F2298 #7E2ECA #9C5BDA #BA8DE5 #D8BFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#9C5BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#9C5BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5BDA

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5BDA	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2379DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 91, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.190 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8ce6',
    500: '#9c5bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5bda;
$custom-light: #bd8ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.709,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60244,
    "c": 0.19019,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.19612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5BDA

secondary

#C8E1B0

accent

#CB1B71

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5BDA

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

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