#9D5DDD#9D5DDD

#9D5DDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.191 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5DDD
RGB	rgb(157, 93, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(270, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 57.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, 50.22, -55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 75.06, 312.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% 0.1078 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.191 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8672, 20.2174, 70.6688)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5DDD #9DDD5D

analogous

#5D5DDD #9D5DDD #DD5DDD

triadic

#9D5DDD #DD9D5D #5DDD9D

tetradic

#9D5DDD #DD5D5D #9DDD5D #5DDDDD

square

#9D5DDD #DD5D5D #9DDD5D #5DDDDD

split-complementary

#9D5DDD #DDDD5D #5DDD5D

monochromatic

#60219E #7E2CD1 #9D5DDD #BC90E8 #DAC2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#9D5DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#9D5DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D5DDD

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D5DDD	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 93, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.191 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8de8',
    500: '#9d5ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5ddd;
$custom-light: #be8de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60828,
    "c": 0.19092,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5DDD

secondary

#CBE3B3

accent

#CD1873

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5DDD

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

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