#9E4DE5#9E4DE5

#9E4DE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.222 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4DE5
RGB	rgb(158, 77, 229)
HSL	hsl(272, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(272, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 66.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.78, 60.25, -64.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.78, 87.90, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% 0.1271 -0.1816)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.222 305)
XYZ	xyz(30.8941, 18.2342, 76.0055)
Luminance	0.1823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4DE5 #94E54D

analogous

#524DE5 #9E4DE5 #E54DE0

triadic

#9E4DE5 #E59E4D #4DE59E

tetradic

#9E4DE5 #E5524D #94E54D #4DE0E5

square

#9E4DE5 #E5524D #94E54D #4DE0E5

split-complementary

#9E4DE5 #E0E54D #4DE552

monochromatic

#6017A0 #801FD6 #9E4DE5 #BB82ED #D8B8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#9E4DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#9E4DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E4DE5

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E4DE5	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B77E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 77, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.222 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c084ee',
    500: '#9e4de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4de5;
$custom-light: #c084ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.974,
    "s": 74.51,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59348,
    "c": 0.22168,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.18234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4DE5

secondary

#C5E4AA

accent

#F1378E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4DE5

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

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