#9E49E6#9E49E6

#9E49E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.228 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E49E6
RGB	rgb(158, 73, 230)
HSL	hsl(272, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 68.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.19, 62.31, -65.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.19, 90.42, 313.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.1311 -0.1861)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.228 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7628, 17.7476, 76.6525)
Luminance	0.1775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E49E6 #91E649

analogous

#5049E6 #9E49E6 #E649DF

triadic

#9E49E6 #E69E49 #49E69E

tetradic

#9E49E6 #E65049 #91E649 #49DFE6

square

#9E49E6 #E65049 #91E649 #49DFE6

split-complementary

#9E49E6 #DFE649 #49E650

monochromatic

#60169F #801DD5 #9E49E6 #BB7FED #D7B5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#9E49E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#9E49E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E49E6

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E49E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E49E6	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0875E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e49e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 73, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.228 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c082ef',
    500: '#9e49e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e49e6;
$custom-light: #c082ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e49e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.484,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58947,
    "c": 0.22764,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E49E6

secondary

#C3E4A7

accent

#F2358C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E49E6

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

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