#9E4AED#9E4AED

#9E4AED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.234 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4AED
RGB	rgb(158, 74, 237)
HSL	hsl(271, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(271, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 68.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 63.45, -68.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 93.31, 312.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% 0.1292 -0.1946)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.234 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8319, 18.2811, 81.9560)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4AED #99ED4A

analogous

#4C4AED #9E4AED #ED4AEB

triadic

#9E4AED #ED9E4A #4AED9E

tetradic

#9E4AED #ED4C4A #99ED4A #4AEBED

square

#9E4AED #ED4C4A #99ED4A #4AEBED

split-complementary

#9E4AED #EBED4A #4AED4C

monochromatic

#6111AC #8017E3 #9E4AED #BC82F3 #DAB9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#9E4AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#9E4AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E4AED

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E4AED	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 74, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.234 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c083f4',
    500: '#9e4aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4aed;
$custom-light: #c083f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.92,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59562,
    "c": 0.23356,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4AED

secondary

#C8E8AB

accent

#DE076F

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8EFFE

border

#D1CAD6

text

#130B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4AED

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

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