#9C5CE3#9C5CE3

#9C5CE3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.199 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5CE3
RGB	rgb(156, 92, 227)
HSL	hsl(268, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 59.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, 51.94, -59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 78.67, 311.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.1077 -0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.199 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3994, 20.2683, 74.9161)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5CE3 #A3E35C

analogous

#5C60E3 #9C5CE3 #DF5CE3

triadic

#9C5CE3 #E39C5C #5CE39C

tetradic

#9C5CE3 #E35C60 #A3E35C #5CE3DF

square

#9C5CE3 #E35C60 #A3E35C #5CE3DF

split-complementary

#9C5CE3 #E3DF5C #60E35C

monochromatic

#5F1DA8 #7C28DA #9C5CE3 #BC90EC #DBC4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#9C5CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#9C5CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5CE3

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5CE3	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#127BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 92, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.199 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8dec',
    500: '#9c5ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5ce3;
$custom-light: #bd8dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.444,
    "s": 70.681,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60962,
    "c": 0.19894,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5CE3

secondary

#CFE6B5

accent

#D31378

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5CE3

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

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