#9D51E8#9D51E8

#9D51E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.220 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D51E8
RGB	rgb(157, 81, 232)
HSL	hsl(270, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(270, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 65.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, 58.85, -64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 87.28, 312.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.1212 -0.183)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.22 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4092, 18.8792, 78.3176)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D51E8 #9CE851

analogous

#5251E8 #9D51E8 #E851E7

triadic

#9D51E8 #E89D51 #51E89D

tetradic

#9D51E8 #E85251 #9CE851 #51E7E8

square

#9D51E8 #E85251 #9CE851 #51E7E8

split-complementary

#9D51E8 #E7E851 #51E852

monochromatic

#6016A8 #7F1DDE #9D51E8 #BB87EF #DABDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#9D51E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#9D51E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D51E8

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D51E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D51E8	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B78E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d51e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 81, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.220 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf86f0',
    500: '#9d51e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d51e8;
$custom-light: #bf86f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d51e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.199,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59936,
    "c": 0.21951,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D51E8

secondary

#CAE7AE

accent

#D90D72

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D51E8

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

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