#9C5CDD#9C5CDD

#9C5CDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.192 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5CDD
RGB	rgb(156, 92, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(270, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 58.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.77, 50.51, -56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.77, 75.62, 311.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% 0.1078 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.192 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5857, 19.9428, 70.6306)
Luminance	0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5CDD #9DDD5C

analogous

#5C5DDD #9C5CDD #DC5CDD

triadic

#9C5CDD #DD9C5C #5CDD9C

tetradic

#9C5CDD #DD5C5D #9DDD5C #5CDDDC

square

#9C5CDD #DD5C5D #9DDD5C #5CDDDC

split-complementary

#9C5CDD #DDDC5C #5DDD5C

monochromatic

#5F219E #7D2BD0 #9C5CDD #BB8FE8 #DAC1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#9C5CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#9C5CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5CDD

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5CDD	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 92, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.192 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8de8',
    500: '#9c5cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5cdd;
$custom-light: #bd8de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.767,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60577,
    "c": 0.19213,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5CDD

secondary

#CBE3B2

accent

#CD1873

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5CDD

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

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