#9E51DD#9E51DD

#9E51DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.208 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E51DD
RGB	rgb(158, 81, 221)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(273, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 63.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.95, 56.52, -59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.95, 81.85, 313.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% 0.1233 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.208 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0913, 18.3747, 70.3540)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E51DD #90DD51

analogous

#5851DD #9E51DD #DD51D6

triadic

#9E51DD #DD9E51 #51DD9E

tetradic

#9E51DD #DD5851 #90DD51 #51D6DD

square

#9E51DD #DD5851 #90DD51 #51D6DD

split-complementary

#9E51DD #D6DD51 #51DD58

monochromatic

#601D96 #8127C9 #9E51DD #BB84E7 #D7B7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#9E51DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#9E51DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E51DD

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E51DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E51DD	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3277DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#936E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e51dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 81, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.208 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf86e8',
    500: '#9e51dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e51dd;
$custom-light: #bf86e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e51dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59303,
    "c": 0.20805,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E51DD

secondary

#C2E0AA

accent

#EA3E8B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E51DD

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

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