#9C5DDB#9C5DDB

#9C5DDB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.188 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5DDB
RGB	rgb(156, 93, 219)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(270, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 57.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.85, 49.51, -55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.85, 74.02, 311.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% 0.1065 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.188 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4080, 20.0112, 69.2647)
Luminance	0.2001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5DDB #9CDB5D

analogous

#5D5DDB #9C5DDB #DB5DDB

triadic

#9C5DDB #DB9C5D #5DDB9C

tetradic

#9C5DDB #DB5D5D #9CDB5D #5DDBDB

square

#9C5DDB #DB5D5D #9CDB5D #5DDBDB

split-complementary

#9C5DDB #DBDB5D #5DDB5D

monochromatic

#5F229B #7D2ECD #9C5DDB #BB8FE6 #D9C1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#9C5DDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#9C5DDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5DDB

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5DDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5DDB	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277ADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5ddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 93, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.188 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8de7',
    500: '#9c5ddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5ddb;
$custom-light: #bd8de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5ddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60595,
    "c": 0.18839,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5DDB

secondary

#CAE2B2

accent

#CB1A73

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5DDB

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

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