#9E4CE5#9E4CE5

#9E4CE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.223 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4CE5
RGB	rgb(158, 76, 229)
HSL	hsl(272, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(272, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 66.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.61, 60.72, -64.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.61, 88.42, 313.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% 0.1281 -0.1824)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.223 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8247, 18.0953, 75.9824)
Luminance	0.1809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4CE5 #93E54C

analogous

#524CE5 #9E4CE5 #E54CDF

triadic

#9E4CE5 #E59E4C #4CE59E

tetradic

#9E4CE5 #E5524C #93E54C #4CDFE5

square

#9E4CE5 #E5524C #93E54C #4CDFE5

split-complementary

#9E4CE5 #DFE54C #4CE552

monochromatic

#60179F #801FD5 #9E4CE5 #BB81ED #D8B7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#9E4CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#9E4CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E4CE5

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E4CE5	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1876E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 76, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.223 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c084ee',
    500: '#9e4ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4ce5;
$custom-light: #c084ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.157,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59228,
    "c": 0.22294,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4CE5

secondary

#C4E4A9

accent

#F1378D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4CE5

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

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