#9D5CD9#9D5CD9

#9D5CD9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.188 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5CD9
RGB	rgb(157, 92, 217)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(271, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 57.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, 49.81, -54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 73.62, 312.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% 0.109 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.188 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2535, 19.8324, 67.8664)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5CD9 #98D95C

analogous

#5E5CD9 #9D5CD9 #D95CD6

triadic

#9D5CD9 #D99D5C #5CD99D

tetradic

#9D5CD9 #D95E5C #98D95C #5CD6D9

square

#9D5CD9 #D95E5C #98D95C #5CD6D9

split-complementary

#9D5CD9 #D6D95C #5CD95E

monochromatic

#602397 #7F2FC9 #9D5CD9 #BB8EE5 #D9BFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#9D5CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#9D5CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D5CD9

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D5CD9	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2979DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 92, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.188 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8de5',
    500: '#9d5cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5cd9;
$custom-light: #bd8de5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 62.189,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60434,
    "c": 0.18784,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5CD9

secondary

#C7E0B1

accent

#CA1C6F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5CD9

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

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