#9E51E2#9E51E2

#9E51E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.213 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E51E2
RGB	rgb(158, 81, 226)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(272, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 64.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 57.67, -61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 84.32, 313.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% 0.123 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.213 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7674, 18.6451, 73.9148)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E51E2 #95E251

analogous

#5551E2 #9E51E2 #E251DE

triadic

#9E51E2 #E29E51 #51E29E

tetradic

#9E51E2 #E25551 #95E251 #51DEE2

square

#9E51E2 #E25551 #95E251 #51DEE2

split-complementary

#9E51E2 #DEE251 #51E255

monochromatic

#601A9E #8023D3 #9E51E2 #BB85EB #D8BAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#9E51E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#9E51E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E51E2

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E51E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E51E2	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A78DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e51e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 81, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.213 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf86ec',
    500: '#9e51e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e51e2;
$custom-light: #bf86ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e51e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.862,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59638,
    "c": 0.21336,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E51E2

secondary

#C6E3AC

accent

#D3126D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E51E2

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

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