#9C5BE7#9C5BE7

#9C5BE7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.205 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5BE7
RGB	rgb(156, 91, 231)
HSL	hsl(268, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 60.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, 53.42, -61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 81.27, 311.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% 0.1087 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.205 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8718, 20.3195, 77.8288)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5BE7 #A6E75B

analogous

#5B60E7 #9C5BE7 #E25BE7

triadic

#9C5BE7 #E79C5B #5BE79C

tetradic

#9C5BE7 #E75B60 #A6E75B #5BE7E2

square

#9C5BE7 #E75B60 #A6E75B #5BE7E2

split-complementary

#9C5BE7 #E7E25B #60E75B

monochromatic

#5E19AE #7C26DF #9C5BE7 #BC90EF #DCC6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#9C5BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#9C5BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5BE7

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5BE7	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#307CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 91, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.205 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8cef',
    500: '#9c5be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5be7;
$custom-light: #be8cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.857,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61084,
    "c": 0.20487,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5BE7

secondary

#D1E8B6

accent

#D70F7A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5BE7

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

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