#9E48CE#9E48CE

#9E48CE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.205 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E48CE
RGB	rgb(158, 72, 206)
HSL	hsl(279, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(279, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 65%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.44, 57.46, -54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.44, 79.31, 316.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.1345 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.205 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5564, 16.3607, 60.0868)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E48CE #78CE48

analogous

#5B48CE #9E48CE #CE48BB

triadic

#9E48CE #CE9E48 #48CE9E

tetradic

#9E48CE #CE5B48 #78CE48 #48BBCE

square

#9E48CE #CE5B48 #78CE48 #48BBCE

split-complementary

#9E48CE #BBCE48 #48CE5B

monochromatic

#5B217B #7E2EAB #9E48CE #B878DB #D1A9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#9E48CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#9E48CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E48CE

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E48CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E48CE	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3972CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e48ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 72, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.205 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be81de',
    500: '#9e48ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e48ce;
$custom-light: #be81de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e48ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.507,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57194,
    "c": 0.2046,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E48CE

secondary

#B1D59D

accent

#E1477E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E48CE

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

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