#9E50C8#9E50C8

#9E50C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.187 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E50C8
RGB	rgb(158, 80, 200)
HSL	hsl(279, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(279, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 60%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 52.33, -49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 72.06, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.1252 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.187 312)
XYZ	xyz(27.3927, 17.1772, 56.5049)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E50C8 #7AC850

analogous

#6250C8 #9E50C8 #C850B6

triadic

#9E50C8 #C89E50 #50C89E

tetradic

#9E50C8 #C86250 #7AC850 #50B6C8

square

#9E50C8 #C86250 #7AC850 #50B6C8

split-complementary

#9E50C8 #B6C850 #50C862

monochromatic

#5B2678 #7F34A6 #9E50C8 #B87FD7 #D2ADE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#9E50C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#9E50C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E50C8

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E50C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E50C8	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#256FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4775C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e50c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 80, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.187 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be85d9',
    500: '#9e50c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e50c8;
$custom-light: #be85d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e50c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57829,
    "c": 0.1872,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.17177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E50C8

secondary

#B2D3A1

accent

#DC4C7E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFA

border

#D1CAD3

text

#120B15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E50C8

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

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