#9E51E8#9E51E8

#9E51E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.220 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E51E8
RGB	rgb(158, 81, 232)
HSL	hsl(271, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(271, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 65.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, 59.05, -64.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 87.28, 312.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.1225 -0.1824)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.22 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6052, 18.9802, 78.3268)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E51E8 #9BE851

analogous

#5351E8 #9E51E8 #E851E7

triadic

#9E51E8 #E89E51 #51E89E

tetradic

#9E51E8 #E85351 #9BE851 #51E7E8

square

#9E51E8 #E85351 #9BE851 #51E7E8

split-complementary

#9E51E8 #E7E851 #51E853

monochromatic

#6116A8 #801DDE #9E51E8 #BC87EF #DABDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#9E51E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#9E51E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E51E8

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E51E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E51E8	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D78E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e51e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 81, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.220 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c086f0',
    500: '#9e51e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e51e8;
$custom-light: #c086f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e51e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.596,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60047,
    "c": 0.21972,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E51E8

secondary

#CAE7AE

accent

#D90D71

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E51E8

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

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