#9D5AE5#9D5AE5

#9D5AE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.204 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5AE5
RGB	rgb(157, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(269, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, 53.68, -60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 80.83, 311.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% 0.1113 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.204 303)
XYZ	xyz(31.7004, 20.1376, 76.3304)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5AE5 #A2E55A

analogous

#5A5CE5 #9D5AE5 #E35AE5

triadic

#9D5AE5 #E59D5A #5AE59D

tetradic

#9D5AE5 #E55A5C #A2E55A #5AE5E3

square

#9D5AE5 #E55A5C #A2E55A #5AE5E3

split-complementary

#9D5AE5 #E5E35A #5CE55A

monochromatic

#601BAA #7E25DD #9D5AE5 #BC8FED #DCC4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#9D5AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#9D5AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D5AE5

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D5AE5	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#337CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.204 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8cee',
    500: '#9d5ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5ae5;
$custom-light: #be8cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.921,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6092,
    "c": 0.20421,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.20138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5AE5

secondary

#CEE7B4

accent

#D51176

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5AE5

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

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