#9E51CA#9E51CA

#9E51CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.188 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E51CA
RGB	rgb(158, 81, 202)
HSL	hsl(278, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(278, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 59.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.78, 52.27, -50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.78, 72.48, 316.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.1239 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.188 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7017, 17.4189, 57.7685)
Luminance	0.1742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E51CA #7DCA51

analogous

#6151CA #9E51CA #CA51B9

triadic

#9E51CA #CA9E51 #51CA9E

tetradic

#9E51CA #CA6151 #7DCA51 #51B9CA

square

#9E51CA #CA6151 #7DCA51 #51B9CA

split-complementary

#9E51CA #B9CA51 #51CA61

monochromatic

#5C257B #7F34AA #9E51CA #B880D8 #D2AFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#9E51CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#9E51CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E51CA

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E51CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E51CA	1.00	4.68	4.48	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2470CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4675C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e51ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 81, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.188 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be86db',
    500: '#9e51ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e51ca;
$custom-light: #be86db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e51ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58086,
    "c": 0.18785,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E51CA

secondary

#B5D5A2

accent

#DD4B80

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120B15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E51CA

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

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