#9C5EEE#9C5EEE

#9C5EEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.209 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5EEE
RGB	rgb(156, 94, 238)
HSL	hsl(266, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(266, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 60.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, 53.57, -63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 83.10, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% 0.105 -0.1803)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.209 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1419, 21.2461, 83.2272)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5EEE #B0EE5E

analogous

#5E68EE #9C5EEE #E45EEE

triadic

#9C5EEE #EE9C5E #5EEE9C

tetradic

#9C5EEE #EE5E68 #B0EE5E #5EEEE4

square

#9C5EEE #EE5E68 #B0EE5E #5EEEE4

split-complementary

#9C5EEE #EEE45E #68EE5E

monochromatic

#5D14BE #7A27E8 #9C5EEE #BE95F4 #E0CDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#9C5EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#9C5EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C5EEE

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C5EEE	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A7EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 94, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.209 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8ef4',
    500: '#9c5eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5eee;
$custom-light: #be8ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.833,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61968,
    "c": 0.20867,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5EEE

secondary

#D7ECBB

accent

#DD0882

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5EEE

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

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