#9C5CE0#9C5CE0

#9C5CE0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.196 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5CE0
RGB	rgb(156, 92, 224)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(269, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 58.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.95, 51.22, -57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.95, 77.15, 311.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% 0.1077 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.196 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9890, 20.1041, 72.7545)
Luminance	0.2010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5CE0 #A0E05C

analogous

#5C5EE0 #9C5CE0 #DE5CE0

triadic

#9C5CE0 #E09C5C #5CE09C

tetradic

#9C5CE0 #E05C5E #A0E05C #5CE0DE

square

#9C5CE0 #E05C5E #A0E05C #5CE0DE

split-complementary

#9C5CE0 #E0DE5C #5EE05C

monochromatic

#5F1FA3 #7D29D6 #9C5CE0 #BB8FEA #DAC3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#9C5CE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#9C5CE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5CE0

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5CE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5CE0	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A7AE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7CDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5ce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 92, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.196 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8dea',
    500: '#9c5ce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5ce0;
$custom-light: #bd8dea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5ce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.091,
    "s": 68.041,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60768,
    "c": 0.19554,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5CE0

secondary

#CDE4B4

accent

#D01676

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5CE0

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

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