#9E4ECD#9E4ECD

#9E4ECD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.195 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4ECD
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 205)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 62%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, 54.40, -52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 75.62, 316.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% 0.1275 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.195 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8423, 17.1263, 59.5848)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4ECD #7DCD4E

analogous

#5E4ECD #9E4ECD #CD4EBD

triadic

#9E4ECD #CD9E4E #4ECD9E

tetradic

#9E4ECD #CD5E4E #7DCD4E #4EBDCD

square

#9E4ECD #CD5E4E #7DCD4E #4EBDCD

split-complementary

#9E4ECD #BDCD4E #4ECD5E

monochromatic

#5C237D #7F31AD #9E4ECD #B87EDA #D2ADE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#9E4ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#9E4ECD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4ECD

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4ECD	1.00	4.75	4.43	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#146FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4074CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.195 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be84dd',
    500: '#9e4ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4ecd;
$custom-light: #be84dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.795,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57878,
    "c": 0.19532,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4ECD

secondary

#B5D6A1

accent

#DF4980

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#120B15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4ECD

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

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