#9E49CD#9E49CD

#9E49CD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.202 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E49CD
RGB	rgb(158, 73, 205)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 64.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 56.78, -53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 78.30, 316.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% 0.1334 -0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.202 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5005, 16.4426, 59.4708)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E49CD #78CD49

analogous

#5C49CD #9E49CD #CD49BA

triadic

#9E49CD #CD9E49 #49CD9E

tetradic

#9E49CD #CD5C49 #78CD49 #49BACD

square

#9E49CD #CD5C49 #78CD49 #49BACD

split-complementary

#9E49CD #BACD49 #49CD5C

monochromatic

#5B227A #7E2FAA #9E49CD #B879DA #D1A9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#9E49CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#9E49CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E49CD

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E49CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E49CD	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B72CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e49cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 73, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.202 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be81dd',
    500: '#9e49cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e49cd;
$custom-light: #be81dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e49cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.636,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5725,
    "c": 0.20224,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E49CD

secondary

#B1D59D

accent

#E0487E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E49CD

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

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