#9E48CA#9E48CA

#9E48CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.201 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E48CA
RGB	rgb(158, 72, 202)
HSL	hsl(280, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(280, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 64.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 56.60, -52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 77.38, 317.01°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1347 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.201 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0767, 16.1688, 57.5602)
Luminance	0.1617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E48CA #74CA48

analogous

#5D48CA #9E48CA #CA48B5

triadic

#9E48CA #CA9E48 #48CA9E

tetradic

#9E48CA #CA5D48 #74CA48 #48B5CA

square

#9E48CA #CA5D48 #74CA48 #48B5CA

split-complementary

#9E48CA #B5CA48 #48CA5D

monochromatic

#592276 #7D30A5 #9E48CA #B777D8 #D0A7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#9E48CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#9E48CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E48CA

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E48CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E48CA	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D72C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e48ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 72, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.201 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be80db',
    500: '#9e48ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e48ca;
$custom-light: #be80db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e48ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.692,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56935,
    "c": 0.20057,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E48CA

secondary

#AED39B

accent

#DE497C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E48CA

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

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