#9C5EE3#9C5EE3

#9C5EE3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.196 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5EE3
RGB	rgb(156, 94, 227)
HSL	hsl(268, 70%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 58.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.53, 50.90, -58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.53, 77.51, 311.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.1053 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.196 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5749, 20.6193, 74.9746)
Luminance	0.2062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5EE3 #A5E35E

analogous

#5E62E3 #9C5EE3 #DE5EE3

triadic

#9C5EE3 #E39C5E #5EE39C

tetradic

#9C5EE3 #E35E62 #A5E35E #5EE3DE

square

#9C5EE3 #E35E62 #A5E35E #5EE3DE

split-complementary

#9C5EE3 #E3DE5E #62E35E

monochromatic

#5F1DA9 #7C2ADA #9C5EE3 #BC92EC #DCC6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#9C5EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#9C5EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5EE3

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5EE3	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B7CE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 94, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.196 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8eec',
    500: '#9c5ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5ee3;
$custom-light: #bd8eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.97,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61247,
    "c": 0.19611,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5EE3

secondary

#D0E6B6

accent

#D21379

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5EE3

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

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