#9D5ADE#9D5ADE

#9D5ADE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.196 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5ADE
RGB	rgb(157, 90, 222)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(270, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 59.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.56, 52.02, -57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.56, 77.30, 312.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.1115 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.196 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7427, 19.7545, 71.2865)
Luminance	0.1975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5ADE #9BDE5A

analogous

#5B5ADE #9D5ADE #DE5ADD

triadic

#9D5ADE #DE9D5A #5ADE9D

tetradic

#9D5ADE #DE5B5A #9BDE5A #5ADDDE

square

#9D5ADE #DE5B5A #9BDE5A #5ADDDE

split-complementary

#9D5ADE #DDDE5A #5ADE5B

monochromatic

#60209E #7F2AD1 #9D5ADE #BB8DE8 #DAC0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#9D5ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#9D5ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D5ADE

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D5ADE	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1879E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 90, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.196 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8ce9',
    500: '#9d5ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5ade;
$custom-light: #be8ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.455,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60466,
    "c": 0.19638,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5ADE

secondary

#CAE3B1

accent

#CF1771

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5ADE

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

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