#9E53C8#9E53C8

#9E53C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.183 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E53C8
RGB	rgb(158, 83, 200)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(278, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 58.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, 50.83, -48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 70.36, 316.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.1214 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.183 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6172, 17.6264, 56.5798)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E53C8 #7DC853

analogous

#6453C8 #9E53C8 #C853B7

triadic

#9E53C8 #C89E53 #53C89E

tetradic

#9E53C8 #C86453 #7DC853 #53B7C8

square

#9E53C8 #C86453 #7DC853 #53B7C8

split-complementary

#9E53C8 #B7C853 #53C864

monochromatic

#5C277A #7F36A8 #9E53C8 #B881D7 #D2B0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#9E53C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#9E53C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E53C8

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E53C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E53C8	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C71CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A76C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e53c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 83, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.183 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be87d9',
    500: '#9e53c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e53c8;
$custom-light: #be87d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e53c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.462,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58235,
    "c": 0.18276,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E53C8

secondary

#B5D4A3

accent

#DB4D80

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FA

border

#D1CBD3

text

#120B15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E53C8

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

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