#9C5CE5#9C5CE5

#9C5CE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.201 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5CE5
RGB	rgb(156, 92, 229)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 59.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, 52.42, -60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 79.68, 311.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% 0.1076 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.201 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6770, 20.3793, 76.3783)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5CE5 #A5E55C

analogous

#5C60E5 #9C5CE5 #E05CE5

triadic

#9C5CE5 #E59C5C #5CE59C

tetradic

#9C5CE5 #E55C60 #A5E55C #5CE5E0

square

#9C5CE5 #E55C60 #A5E55C #5CE5E0

split-complementary

#9C5CE5 #E5E05C #60E55C

monochromatic

#5F1BAB #7C27DD #9C5CE5 #BC91ED #DCC6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#9C5CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#9C5CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5CE5

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5CE5	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#097CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 92, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.201 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8dee',
    500: '#9c5ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5ce5;
$custom-light: #bd8dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.029,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61092,
    "c": 0.20122,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5CE5

secondary

#D0E7B6

accent

#D51179

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5CE5

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

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