#9C5CD2#9C5CD2

#9C5CD2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.180 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5CD2
RGB	rgb(156, 92, 210)
HSL	hsl(273, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(273, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 56.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 47.93, -51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 70.04, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.1076 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.18 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1679, 19.3757, 63.1636)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5CD2 #92D25C

analogous

#615CD2 #9C5CD2 #D25CCD

triadic

#9C5CD2 #D29C5C #5CD29C

tetradic

#9C5CD2 #D2615C #92D25C #5CCDD2

square

#9C5CD2 #D2615C #92D25C #5CCDD2

split-complementary

#9C5CD2 #CDD25C #5CD261

monochromatic

#5E278D #7E34BD #9C5CD2 #B98CDF #D6BCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#9C5CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#9C5CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5CD2

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5CD2	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3178D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#497ACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94728E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 92, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.180 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8de0',
    500: '#9c5cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5cd2;
$custom-light: #bc8de0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.542,
    "s": 56.731,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59893,
    "c": 0.17961,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5CD2

secondary

#C3DCAE

accent

#E0488D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5CD2

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

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