#9D5DCD#9D5DCD

#9D5DCD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.173 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5DCD
RGB	rgb(157, 93, 205)
HSL	hsl(274, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 54.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, 46.50, -48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 66.94, 314.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.1074 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.173 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8362, 19.4050, 59.9722)
Luminance	0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5DCD #8DCD5D

analogous

#655DCD #9D5DCD #CD5DC5

triadic

#9D5DCD #CD9D5D #5DCD9D

tetradic

#9D5DCD #CD655D #8DCD5D #5DC5CD

square

#9D5DCD #CD655D #8DCD5D #5DC5CD

split-complementary

#9D5DCD #C5CD5D #5DCD65

monochromatic

#5E2986 #7F38B5 #9D5DCD #B98CDB #D6BBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#9D5DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#9D5DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D5DCD

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D5DCD	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3977D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96718C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 93, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.173 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8ddd',
    500: '#9d5dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5dcd;
$custom-light: #bd8ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59852,
    "c": 0.17268,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5DCD

secondary

#C0D9AD

accent

#DC4C8A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5DCD

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

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