#9D56E5#9D56E5

#9D56E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.210 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D56E5
RGB	rgb(157, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(270, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, 55.70, -61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 83.08, 312.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.38% 0.1159 -0.1748)
OKLCH	oklch(60.38% 0.21 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3721, 19.4809, 76.2210)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D56E5 #9EE556

analogous

#5657E5 #9D56E5 #E456E5

triadic

#9D56E5 #E59D56 #56E59D

tetradic

#9D56E5 #E55657 #9EE556 #56E5E4

square

#9D56E5 #E55657 #9EE556 #56E5E4

split-complementary

#9D56E5 #E5E456 #57E556

monochromatic

#601AA7 #7E22DC #9D56E5 #BC8BED #DBC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#9D56E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#9D56E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D56E5

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D56E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D56E5	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C7AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d56e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.210 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be89ee',
    500: '#9d56e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d56e5;
$custom-light: #be89ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d56e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.79,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60378,
    "c": 0.20969,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D56E5

secondary

#CCE6B1

accent

#D51073

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D56E5

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

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