#9E56DD#9E56DD

#9E56DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.201 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E56DD
RGB	rgb(158, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(272, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.86, 54.05, -57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.86, 79.09, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% 0.1175 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.201 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4767, 19.1454, 70.4825)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E56DD #95DD56

analogous

#5B56DD #9E56DD #DD56D8

triadic

#9E56DD #DD9E56 #56DD9E

tetradic

#9E56DD #DD5B56 #95DD56 #56D8DD

square

#9E56DD #DD5B56 #95DD56 #56D8DD

split-complementary

#9E56DD #D8DD56 #56DD5B

monochromatic

#601F9A #8029CD #9E56DD #BB89E7 #D8BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#9E56DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#9E56DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E56DD

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E56DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E56DD	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)

#0677E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3979DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e56dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.201 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf89e8',
    500: '#9e56dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e56dd;
$custom-light: #bf89e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e56dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59961,
    "c": 0.20117,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E56DD

secondary

#C6E1AE

accent

#CE176D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E56DD

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

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