#9E4ACE#9E4ACE

#9E4ACE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.202 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4ACE
RGB	rgb(158, 74, 206)
HSL	hsl(278, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 64.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, 56.53, -54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 78.26, 316.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% 0.1322 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.202 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6878, 16.6235, 60.1307)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4ACE #7ACE4A

analogous

#5C4ACE #9E4ACE #CE4ABC

triadic

#9E4ACE #CE9E4A #4ACE9E

tetradic

#9E4ACE #CE5C4A #7ACE4A #4ABCCE

square

#9E4ACE #CE5C4A #7ACE4A #4ABCCE

split-complementary

#9E4ACE #BCCE4A #4ACE5C

monochromatic

#5B227C #7F2FAC #9E4ACE #B87ADB #D2AAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#9E4ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#9E4ACE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4ACE

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4ACE	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B73CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 74, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.202 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be82de',
    500: '#9e4ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4ace;
$custom-light: #be82de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57438,
    "c": 0.20191,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4ACE

secondary

#B2D69E

accent

#E1477F

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4ACE

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

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