#9E4AE8#9E4AE8

#9E4AE8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.228 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4AE8
RGB	rgb(158, 74, 232)
HSL	hsl(272, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 68.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 62.31, -66.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 90.89, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% 0.1299 -0.188)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.228 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1115, 17.9930, 78.1623)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4AE8 #94E84A

analogous

#4F4AE8 #9E4AE8 #E84AE3

triadic

#9E4AE8 #E89E4A #4AE89E

tetradic

#9E4AE8 #E84F4A #94E84A #4AE3E8

square

#9E4AE8 #E84F4A #94E84A #4AE3E8

split-complementary

#9E4AE8 #E3E84A #4AE84F

monochromatic

#6015A3 #801CD9 #9E4AE8 #BB80EF #D8B7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#9E4AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#9E4AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E4AE8

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E4AE8	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0276E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#906E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 74, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.228 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c082f0',
    500: '#9e4ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4ae8;
$custom-light: #c082f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.899,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59204,
    "c": 0.22847,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4AE8

secondary

#C5E5A8

accent

#F4348E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4AE8

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

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