#9C5DE5#9C5DE5

#9C5DE5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.200 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5DE5
RGB	rgb(156, 93, 229)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 59.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, 51.90, -59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 79.11, 311.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% 0.1064 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.2 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7642, 20.5537, 76.4074)
Luminance	0.2055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5DE5 #A6E55D

analogous

#5D62E5 #9C5DE5 #E05DE5

triadic

#9C5DE5 #E59C5D #5DE59C

tetradic

#9C5DE5 #E55D62 #A6E55D #5DE5E0

square

#9C5DE5 #E55D62 #A6E55D #5DE5E0

split-complementary

#9C5DE5 #E5E05D #62E55D

monochromatic

#5E1CAC #7C28DD #9C5DE5 #BC92ED #DCC6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#9C5DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#9C5DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5DE5

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5DE5	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#107CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 93, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.200 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8eee',
    500: '#9c5de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5de5;
$custom-light: #bd8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.794,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61234,
    "c": 0.19981,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5DE5

secondary

#D1E7B7

accent

#D4117A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5DE5

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

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