#9C5CEE#9C5CEE

#9C5CEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.211 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5CEE
RGB	rgb(156, 92, 238)
HSL	hsl(266, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(266, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 61.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, 54.60, -64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 84.24, 310.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% 0.1072 -0.1822)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.211 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9663, 20.8950, 83.1687)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5CEE #AEEE5C

analogous

#5C65EE #9C5CEE #E55CEE

triadic

#9C5CEE #EE9C5C #5CEE9C

tetradic

#9C5CEE #EE5C65 #AEEE5C #5CEEE5

square

#9C5CEE #EE5C65 #AEEE5C #5CEEE5

split-complementary

#9C5CEE #EEE55C #65EE5C

monochromatic

#5D14BC #7A25E8 #9C5CEE #BE93F4 #DFCBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#9C5CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#9C5CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5CEE

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5CEE	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#267DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 92, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.211 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8df4',
    500: '#9c5cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5cee;
$custom-light: #be8df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.301,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6169,
    "c": 0.21138,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5CEE

secondary

#D6ECBA

accent

#DD0880

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5CEE

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

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