#9E56DB#9E56DB

#9E56DB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.199 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E56DB
RGB	rgb(158, 86, 219)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(272, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 60.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, 53.59, -56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 78.09, 313.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% 0.1176 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.199 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2118, 19.0394, 69.0875)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E56DB #93DB56

analogous

#5B56DB #9E56DB #DB56D6

triadic

#9E56DB #DB9E56 #56DB9E

tetradic

#9E56DB #DB5B56 #93DB56 #56D6DB

square

#9E56DB #DB5B56 #93DB56 #56D6DB

split-complementary

#9E56DB #D6DB56 #56DB5B

monochromatic

#602097 #802BC9 #9E56DB #BB88E6 #D8BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#9E56DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#9E56DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E56DB

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E56DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E56DB	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F76DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B79D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e56db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 86, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.199 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be89e7',
    500: '#9e56db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e56db;
$custom-light: #be89e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e56db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.481,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59832,
    "c": 0.19898,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E56DB

secondary

#C4E0AD

accent

#E8408D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E56DB

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

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