#9E51CE#9E51CE

#9E51CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.192 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E51CE
RGB	rgb(158, 81, 206)
HSL	hsl(277, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(277, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 60.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.02, 53.15, -52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.02, 74.45, 315.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% 0.1239 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.192 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1814, 17.6107, 60.2952)
Luminance	0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E51CE #81CE51

analogous

#6051CE #9E51CE #CE51C0

triadic

#9E51CE #CE9E51 #51CE9E

tetradic

#9E51CE #CE6051 #81CE51 #51C0CE

square

#9E51CE #CE6051 #81CE51 #51C0CE

split-complementary

#9E51CE #C0CE51 #51CE60

monochromatic

#5D2480 #8032B0 #9E51CE #B981DB #D3B1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#9E51CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#9E51CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E51CE

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E51CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E51CE	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D71D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4376CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e51ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 81, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.192 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be86de',
    500: '#9e51ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e51ce;
$custom-light: #be86de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e51ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.96,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58334,
    "c": 0.1921,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E51CE

secondary

#B7D7A4

accent

#DF4882

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120B15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E51CE

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

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