#9E4EDD#9E4EDD

#9E4EDD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.212 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4EDD
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 221)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(274, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 64.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 57.96, -60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 83.46, 313.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% 0.1267 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.212 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8733, 17.9387, 70.2813)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4EDD #8DDD4E

analogous

#564EDD #9E4EDD #DD4ED5

triadic

#9E4EDD #DD9E4E #4EDD9E

tetradic

#9E4EDD #DD564E #8DDD4E #4ED5DD

square

#9E4EDD #DD564E #8DDD4E #4ED5DD

split-complementary

#9E4EDD #D5DD4E #4EDD56

monochromatic

#5F1C94 #8026C7 #9E4EDD #BA81E7 #D6B5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#9E4EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#9E4EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E4EDD

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E4EDD	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D76DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.212 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf84e8',
    500: '#9e4edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4edd;
$custom-light: #bf84e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.566,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58923,
    "c": 0.21205,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4EDD

secondary

#C0E0A7

accent

#EB3D8A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4EDD

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

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