#9C5CDB#9C5CDB

#9C5CDB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.190 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5CDB
RGB	rgb(156, 92, 219)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(270, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 58%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, 50.04, -55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 74.61, 312.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% 0.1078 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.19 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3208, 19.8368, 69.2356)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5CDB #9BDB5C

analogous

#5C5CDB #9C5CDB #DB5CDB

triadic

#9C5CDB #DB9C5C #5CDB9C

tetradic

#9C5CDB #DB5C5C #9BDB5C #5CDBDB

square

#9C5CDB #DB5C5C #9BDB5C #5CDBDB

split-complementary

#9C5CDB #DBDB5C #5CDB5C

monochromatic

#5F229A #7E2DCD #9C5CDB #BA8EE6 #D9C0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#9C5CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#9C5CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5CDB

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5CDB	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2579DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 92, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.190 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8de7',
    500: '#9c5cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5cdb;
$custom-light: #bd8de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.236,
    "s": 63.819,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6045,
    "c": 0.18986,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5CDB

secondary

#C9E1B1

accent

#CC1A72

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5CDB

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

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