#9E56CD#9E56CD

#9E56CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.184 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E56CD
RGB	rgb(158, 86, 205)
HSL	hsl(276, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(276, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 58%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 50.41, -50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 71.11, 315.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.1177 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.184 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4457, 18.3330, 59.7859)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E56CD #85CD56

analogous

#6356CD #9E56CD #CD56C0

triadic

#9E56CD #CD9E56 #56CD9E

tetradic

#9E56CD #CD6356 #85CD56 #56C0CD

square

#9E56CD #CD6356 #85CD56 #56C0CD

split-complementary

#9E56CD #C0CD56 #56CD63

monochromatic

#5E2682 #8034B1 #9E56CD #B985DB #D4B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#9E56CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#9E56CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E56CD

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E56CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E56CD	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C73D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4978CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e56cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 86, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.184 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be89dd',
    500: '#9e56cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e56cd;
$custom-light: #be89dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e56cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.303,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58954,
    "c": 0.18368,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E56CD

secondary

#BAD8A7

accent

#DE4A84

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E56CD

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

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