#9E4AE6#9E4AE6

#9E4AE6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.226 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4AE6
RGB	rgb(158, 74, 230)
HSL	hsl(272, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 67.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, 61.86, -65.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 89.92, 313.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.1301 -0.1853)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.226 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8291, 17.8800, 76.6746)
Luminance	0.1788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4AE6 #92E64A

analogous

#504AE6 #9E4AE6 #E64AE0

triadic

#9E4AE6 #E69E4A #4AE69E

tetradic

#9E4AE6 #E6504A #92E64A #4AE0E6

square

#9E4AE6 #E6504A #92E64A #4AE0E6

split-complementary

#9E4AE6 #E0E64A #4AE650

monochromatic

#6016A0 #801DD5 #9E4AE6 #BB80ED #D8B6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#9E4AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#9E4AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4AE6

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4AE6	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D75E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 74, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.226 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c082ef',
    500: '#9e4ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4ae6;
$custom-light: #c082ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59062,
    "c": 0.22643,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4AE6

secondary

#C4E4A8

accent

#F2358D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4AE6

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

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