#9D4EE5#9D4EE5

#9D4EE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.220 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D4EE5
RGB	rgb(157, 78, 229)
HSL	hsl(271, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(271, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 65.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, 59.58, -63.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 87.39, 312.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.1247 -0.1815)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.22 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7687, 18.2742, 76.0199)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D4EE5 #96E54E

analogous

#524EE5 #9D4EE5 #E54EE1

triadic

#9D4EE5 #E59D4E #4EE59D

tetradic

#9D4EE5 #E5524E #96E54E #4EE1E5

square

#9D4EE5 #E5524E #96E54E #4EE1E5

split-complementary

#9D4EE5 #E1E54E #4EE552

monochromatic

#5F18A1 #7F1FD6 #9D4EE5 #BB83ED #D8B9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#9D4EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#9D4EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D4EE5

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D4EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D4EE5	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B77E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#906F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d4ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 78, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.220 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf85ee',
    500: '#9d4ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d4ee5;
$custom-light: #bf85ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d4ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.391,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59356,
    "c": 0.22018,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D4EE5

secondary

#C6E4AA

accent

#D70F6E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D4EE5

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

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