#9E44CD#9E44CD

#9E44CD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.209 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E44CD
RGB	rgb(158, 68, 205)
HSL	hsl(279, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(279, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 66.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.73, 59.06, -55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.73, 80.87, 316.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.139 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.209 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1851, 15.8118, 59.3657)
Luminance	0.1581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E44CD #73CD44

analogous

#5944CD #9E44CD #CD44B7

triadic

#9E44CD #CD9E44 #44CD9E

tetradic

#9E44CD #CD5944 #73CD44 #44B7CD

square

#9E44CD #CD5944 #73CD44 #44B7CD

split-complementary

#9E44CD #B7CD44 #44CD59

monochromatic

#592077 #7D2DA7 #9E44CD #B774DA #D0A5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#9E44CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#9E44CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E44CD

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E44CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E44CD	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3571CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e44cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 68, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.209 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7edd',
    500: '#9e44cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e44cd;
$custom-light: #bf7edd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e44cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.416,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56658,
    "c": 0.20886,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E44CD

secondary

#ADD499

accent

#E1477C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E44CD

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

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