#9C5EDD#9C5EDD

#9C5EDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.189 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5EDD
RGB	rgb(156, 94, 221)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(269, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 57.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 49.46, -55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 74.45, 311.63°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% 0.1053 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.189 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7612, 20.2939, 70.6891)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5EDD #9FDD5E

analogous

#5E60DD #9C5EDD #DB5EDD

triadic

#9C5EDD #DD9C5E #5EDD9C

tetradic

#9C5EDD #DD5E60 #9FDD5E #5EDDDB

square

#9C5EDD #DD5E60 #9FDD5E #5EDDDB

split-complementary

#9C5EDD #DDDB5E #60DD5E

monochromatic

#5F229F #7D2CD2 #9C5EDD #BB91E8 #DAC3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#9C5EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#9C5EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5EDD

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5EDD	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 94, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.189 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8ee8',
    500: '#9c5edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5edd;
$custom-light: #bd8ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.291,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60866,
    "c": 0.18923,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5EDD

secondary

#CCE3B4

accent

#CD1975

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5EDD

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

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