#9E51E5#9E51E5

#9E51E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.217 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E51E5
RGB	rgb(158, 81, 229)
HSL	hsl(271, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(271, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.47, 58.36, -62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.47, 85.80, 312.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.1228 -0.1784)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.217 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1827, 18.8112, 76.1017)
Luminance	0.1881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E51E5 #98E551

analogous

#5451E5 #9E51E5 #E551E2

triadic

#9E51E5 #E59E51 #51E59E

tetradic

#9E51E5 #E55451 #98E551 #51E2E5

square

#9E51E5 #E55451 #98E551 #51E2E5

split-complementary

#9E51E5 #E2E551 #51E554

monochromatic

#6118A3 #8020D8 #9E51E5 #BC86ED #D9BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#9E51E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#9E51E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E51E5

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E51E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E51E5	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2478E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e51e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 81, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.217 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf86ee',
    500: '#9e51e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e51e5;
$custom-light: #bf86ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e51e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.216,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59841,
    "c": 0.21654,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E51E5

secondary

#C8E5AD

accent

#D60F6F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E51E5

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

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