#9E56E5#9E56E5

#9E56E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.210 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E56E5
RGB	rgb(158, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(270, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.36, 55.91, -61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.36, 83.08, 312.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% 0.1172 -0.1742)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.21 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5680, 19.5819, 76.2302)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E56E5 #9DE556

analogous

#5756E5 #9E56E5 #E556E4

triadic

#9E56E5 #E59E56 #56E59E

tetradic

#9E56E5 #E55756 #9DE556 #56E4E5

square

#9E56E5 #E55756 #9DE556 #56E4E5

split-complementary

#9E56E5 #E4E556 #56E557

monochromatic

#611AA7 #8022DC #9E56E5 #BC8BED #DBC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#9E56E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#9E56E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E56E5

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E56E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E56E5	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E7AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e56e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.210 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf89ee',
    500: '#9e56e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e56e5;
$custom-light: #bf89ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e56e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.21,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60488,
    "c": 0.2099,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E56E5

secondary

#CBE6B1

accent

#D51072

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E56E5

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

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