#9C5CE6#9C5CE6

#9C5CE6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.202 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5CE6
RGB	rgb(156, 92, 230)
HSL	hsl(268, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 60%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, 52.66, -60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 80.19, 311.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% 0.1076 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.202 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8170, 20.4353, 77.1158)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5CE6 #A6E65C

analogous

#5C61E6 #9C5CE6 #E15CE6

triadic

#9C5CE6 #E69C5C #5CE69C

tetradic

#9C5CE6 #E65C61 #A6E65C #5CE6E1

square

#9C5CE6 #E65C61 #A6E65C #5CE6E1

split-complementary

#9C5CE6 #E6E15C #61E65C

monochromatic

#5E1BAD #7C27DE #9C5CE6 #BC91EE #DCC6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#9C5CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#9C5CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5CE6

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5CE6	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#047CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 92, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.202 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8def',
    500: '#9c5ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5ce6;
$custom-light: #be8def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.826,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61158,
    "c": 0.20235,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5CE6

secondary

#D1E8B6

accent

#D6107A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5CE6

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

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