#9C5DE9#9C5DE9

#9C5DE9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.204 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5DE9
RGB	rgb(156, 93, 233)
HSL	hsl(267, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(267, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 60.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, 52.87, -61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 81.14, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% 0.1063 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.204 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3292, 20.7797, 79.3827)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5DE9 #AAE95D

analogous

#5D64E9 #9C5DE9 #E25DE9

triadic

#9C5DE9 #E99C5D #5DE99C

tetradic

#9C5DE9 #E95D64 #AAE95D #5DE9E2

square

#9C5DE9 #E95D64 #AAE95D #5DE9E2

split-complementary

#9C5DE9 #E9E25D #64E95D

monochromatic

#5E18B3 #7B27E2 #9C5DE9 #BD93F0 #DEC9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#9C5DE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#9C5DE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5DE9

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5DE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5DE9	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#317DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5de9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 93, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.204 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8ef1',
    500: '#9c5de9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5de9;
$custom-light: #be8ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5de9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61496,
    "c": 0.20436,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5DE9

secondary

#D3E9B8

accent

#D80D7D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5DE9

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

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