#9C5BE5#9C5BE5

#9C5BE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.203 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5BE5
RGB	rgb(156, 91, 229)
HSL	hsl(268, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 60.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, 52.94, -60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 80.26, 311.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% 0.1088 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.203 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5910, 20.2072, 76.3496)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5BE5 #A4E55B

analogous

#5B5FE5 #9C5BE5 #E15BE5

triadic

#9C5BE5 #E59C5B #5BE59C

tetradic

#9C5BE5 #E55B5F #A4E55B #5BE5E1

square

#9C5BE5 #E55B5F #A4E55B #5BE5E1

split-complementary

#9C5BE5 #E5E15B #5FE55B

monochromatic

#5F1BAB #7C26DD #9C5BE5 #BC90ED #DCC5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#9C5BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#9C5BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5BE5

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5BE5	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#017BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#337CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 91, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.203 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8cee',
    500: '#9c5be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5be5;
$custom-light: #be8cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.261,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60952,
    "c": 0.20261,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5BE5

secondary

#CFE7B5

accent

#D51178

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5BE5

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

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