#9C5ECB#9C5ECB

#9C5ECB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.169 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5ECB
RGB	rgb(156, 94, 203)
HSL	hsl(274, 51%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 53.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.14, 45.25, -47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.14, 65.28, 313.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.1047 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.169 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4904, 19.3855, 58.7292)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5ECB #8DCB5E

analogous

#655ECB #9C5ECB #CB5EC4

triadic

#9C5ECB #CB9C5E #5ECB9C

tetradic

#9C5ECB #CB655E #8DCB5E #5EC4CB

square

#9C5ECB #CB655E #8DCB5E #5EC4CB

split-complementary

#9C5ECB #C4CB5E #5ECB65

monochromatic

#5D2B84 #7E3AB2 #9C5ECB #B88CDA #D5BBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#9C5ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#9C5ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5ECB

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5ECB	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D77CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95718C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 94, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.169 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8edb',
    500: '#9c5ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5ecb;
$custom-light: #bc8edb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.128,
    "s": 51.174,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59774,
    "c": 0.16852,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5ECB

secondary

#BFD8AD

accent

#DB4D8A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5ECB

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

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