#9E51EB#9E51EB

#9E51EB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.223 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E51EB
RGB	rgb(158, 81, 235)
HSL	hsl(270, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(270, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 65.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.86, 59.75, -65.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.86, 88.76, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.1222 -0.1864)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.223 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0349, 19.1521, 80.5902)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E51EB #9EEB51

analogous

#5151EB #9E51EB #EB51EB

triadic

#9E51EB #EB9E51 #51EB9E

tetradic

#9E51EB #EB5151 #9EEB51 #51EBEB

square

#9E51EB #EB5151 #9EEB51 #51EBEB

split-complementary

#9E51EB #EBEB51 #51EB51

monochromatic

#6114AE #7F1AE5 #9E51EB #BD88F1 #DBBFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#9E51EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#9E51EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E51EB

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E51EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E51EB	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1479E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e51eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 81, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.223 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c087f2',
    500: '#9e51eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e51eb;
$custom-light: #c087f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e51eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60255,
    "c": 0.2229,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E51EB

secondary

#CCE8B0

accent

#DC0A73

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E51EB

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

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