#9D4ED8#9D4ED8

#9D4ED8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.207 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D4ED8
RGB	rgb(157, 78, 216)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 63.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 56.62, -57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 81.00, 314.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.1258 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.207 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0211, 17.5751, 66.8159)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D4ED8 #89D84E

analogous

#584ED8 #9D4ED8 #D84ECE

triadic

#9D4ED8 #D89D4E #4ED89D

tetradic

#9D4ED8 #D8584E #89D84E #4ECED8

square

#9D4ED8 #D8584E #89D84E #4ECED8

split-complementary

#9D4ED8 #CED84E #4ED858

monochromatic

#5E1F8D #7F2ABF #9D4ED8 #B980E3 #D5B2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#9D4ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#9D4ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D4ED8

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D4ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D4ED8	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3375D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d4ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 78, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.207 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be84e5',
    500: '#9d4ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d4ed8;
$custom-light: #be84e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d4ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.348,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58473,
    "c": 0.20654,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D4ED8

secondary

#BDDDA5

accent

#E74188

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D4ED8

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

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