#9D5DE5#9D5DE5

#9D5DE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.200 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5DE5
RGB	rgb(157, 93, 229)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 59.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, 52.13, -59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 79.12, 311.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% 0.1077 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.2 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9586, 20.6539, 76.4165)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5DE5 #A5E55D

analogous

#5D61E5 #9D5DE5 #E15DE5

triadic

#9D5DE5 #E59D5D #5DE59D

tetradic

#9D5DE5 #E55D61 #A5E55D #5DE5E1

square

#9D5DE5 #E55D61 #A5E55D #5DE5E1

split-complementary

#9D5DE5 #E5E15D #61E55D

monochromatic

#601CAC #7D28DD #9D5DE5 #BD92ED #DDC6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#9D5DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#9D5DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D5DE5

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D5DE5	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#127CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 93, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.200 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8eee',
    500: '#9d5de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5de5;
$custom-light: #be8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6134,
    "c": 0.20001,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5DE5

secondary

#D0E7B7

accent

#D41178

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5DE5

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

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