#9C5DBE#9C5DBE

#9C5DBE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.155 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5DBE
RGB	rgb(156, 93, 190)
HSL	hsl(279, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(279, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 51.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, 42.86, -41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 59.31, 316.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% 0.1049 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.155 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9173, 18.6149, 50.8803)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5DBE #7FBE5D

analogous

#6B5DBE #9C5DBE #BE5DAF

triadic

#9C5DBE #BE9C5D #5DBE9C

tetradic

#9C5DBE #BE6B5D #7FBE5D #5DAFBE

square

#9C5DBE #BE6B5D #7FBE5D #5DAFBE

split-complementary

#9C5DBE #AFBE5D #5DBE6B

monochromatic

#5B2E73 #7D409E #9C5DBE #B789D0 #D1B4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#9C5DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#9C5DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5DBE

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5DBE	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4574C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5979BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 93, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.155 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8dd2',
    500: '#9c5dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5dbe;
$custom-light: #bb8dd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.969,
    "s": 42.731,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58883,
    "c": 0.15526,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5DBE

secondary

#B5D0A7

accent

#D35581

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F7F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#120C14

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5DBE

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

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