#9C5EE8#9C5EE8

#9C5EE8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.202 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5EE8
RGB	rgb(156, 94, 232)
HSL	hsl(267, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(267, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 59.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.84, 52.11, -60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.84, 80.05, 310.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% 0.1052 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.202 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2751, 20.8994, 78.6619)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5EE8 #AAE85E

analogous

#5E65E8 #9C5EE8 #E15EE8

triadic

#9C5EE8 #E89C5E #5EE89C

tetradic

#9C5EE8 #E85E65 #AAE85E #5EE8E1

square

#9C5EE8 #E85E65 #AAE85E #5EE8E1

split-complementary

#9C5EE8 #E8E15E #65E85E

monochromatic

#5E19B2 #7B28E0 #9C5EE8 #BD94F0 #DEC9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#9C5EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#9C5EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5EE8

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5EE8	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A7DEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 94, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.202 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8ef0',
    500: '#9c5ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5ee8;
$custom-light: #be8ef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.957,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61572,
    "c": 0.20183,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5EE8

secondary

#D3E9B9

accent

#D70E7D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5EE8

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

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