#9E4EE5#9E4EE5

#9E4EE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.220 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4EE5
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 229)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(272, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 65.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.95, 59.78, -63.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.95, 87.38, 313.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% 0.126 -0.1808)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.22 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9646, 18.3752, 76.0290)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4EE5 #95E54E

analogous

#524EE5 #9E4EE5 #E54EE0

triadic

#9E4EE5 #E59E4E #4EE59E

tetradic

#9E4EE5 #E5524E #95E54E #4EE0E5

square

#9E4EE5 #E5524E #95E54E #4EE0E5

split-complementary

#9E4EE5 #E0E54E #4EE552

monochromatic

#6018A1 #801FD6 #9E4EE5 #BB83ED #D8B9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#9E4EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#9E4EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E4EE5

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E4EE5	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D77E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.220 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c085ee',
    500: '#9e4ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4ee5;
$custom-light: #c085ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.788,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59469,
    "c": 0.22041,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4EE5

secondary

#C6E4AA

accent

#D70F6D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4EE5

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

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