#9C5BE3#9C5BE3

#9C5BE3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.200 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5BE3
RGB	rgb(156, 91, 227)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(269, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 59.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.95, 52.46, -59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.95, 79.24, 311.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% 0.1089 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.2 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3133, 20.0961, 74.8874)
Luminance	0.2010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5BE3 #A2E35B

analogous

#5B5EE3 #9C5BE3 #E05BE3

triadic

#9C5BE3 #E39C5B #5BE39C

tetradic

#9C5BE3 #E35B5E #A2E35B #5BE3E0

square

#9C5BE3 #E35B5E #A2E35B #5BE3E0

split-complementary

#9C5BE3 #E3E05B #5EE35B

monochromatic

#5F1DA7 #7C27DA #9C5BE3 #BC8FEC #DBC4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#9C5BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#9C5BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5BE3

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5BE3	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B7BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#367CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 91, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.200 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8cec',
    500: '#9c5be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5be3;
$custom-light: #bd8cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.676,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60821,
    "c": 0.20036,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5BE3

secondary

#CEE6B4

accent

#D31377

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5BE3

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

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