#9D5EBE#9D5EBE

#9D5EBE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.154 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5EBE
RGB	rgb(157, 94, 190)
HSL	hsl(279, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(279, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 50.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 42.60, -40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 58.76, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.1048 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.154 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2000, 18.8918, 50.9189)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5EBE #7FBE5E

analogous

#6D5EBE #9D5EBE #BE5EAF

triadic

#9D5EBE #BE9D5E #5EBE9D

tetradic

#9D5EBE #BE6D5E #7FBE5E #5EAFBE

square

#9D5EBE #BE6D5E #7FBE5E #5EAFBE

split-complementary

#9D5EBE #AFBE5E #5EBE6D

monochromatic

#5C2E73 #7E409F #9D5EBE #B88AD0 #D2B5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#9D5EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#9D5EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D5EBE

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D5EBE	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4775C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 94, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.154 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8ed2',
    500: '#9d5ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5ebe;
$custom-light: #bc8ed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.375,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59151,
    "c": 0.15402,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5EBE

secondary

#B6D0A8

accent

#D25680

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F7F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#120C14

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5EBE

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

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