#9C7AED#9C7AED

#9C7AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.167 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C7AED
RGB	rgb(156, 122, 237)
HSL	hsl(258, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(258, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 48.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, 38.04, -53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 65.72, 305.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0708 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.167 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9520, 27.1008, 83.4412)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C7AED #CBED7A

analogous

#7A91ED #9C7AED #D57AED

triadic

#9C7AED #ED9C7A #7AED9C

tetradic

#9C7AED #ED7A91 #CBED7A #7AEDD5

square

#9C7AED #ED7A91 #CBED7A #7AEDD5

split-complementary

#9C7AED #EDD57A #91ED7A

monochromatic

#511CD0 #7444E6 #9C7AED #C4B0F4 #EBE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9C7AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#9C7AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C7AED

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C7AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C7AED	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#518FF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#588CEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8990A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c7aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 122, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.167 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda1f3',
    500: '#9c7aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c7aed;
$custom-light: #bda1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c7aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.739,
    "s": 76.159,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66266,
    "c": 0.16697,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C7AED

secondary

#E8F1D2

accent

#D80D9C

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C7AED

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

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