#9D5EDD#9D5EDD

#9D5EDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.189 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5EDD
RGB	rgb(157, 94, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(270, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 57.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, 49.70, -55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 74.47, 311.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% 0.1066 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.189 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9556, 20.3941, 70.6982)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5EDD #9EDD5E

analogous

#5E5FDD #9D5EDD #DD5EDD

triadic

#9D5EDD #DD9D5E #5EDD9D

tetradic

#9D5EDD #DD5E5F #9EDD5E #5EDDDD

square

#9D5EDD #DD5E5F #9EDD5E #5EDDDD

split-complementary

#9D5EDD #DDDD5E #5FDD5E

monochromatic

#60229F #7E2CD2 #9D5EDD #BC91E8 #DBC3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#9D5EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#9D5EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D5EDD

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D5EDD	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 94, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.189 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8ee8',
    500: '#9d5edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5edd;
$custom-light: #be8ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.764,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60973,
    "c": 0.18946,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5EDD

secondary

#CCE3B4

accent

#CD1973

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5EDD

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

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