#9E56E6#9E56E6

#9E56E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.211 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E56E6
RGB	rgb(158, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(270, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(270, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.43, 56.15, -61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.43, 83.58, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% 0.1171 -0.1755)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.211 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7080, 19.6379, 76.9676)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E56E6 #9EE656

analogous

#5656E6 #9E56E6 #E656E6

triadic

#9E56E6 #E69E56 #56E69E

tetradic

#9E56E6 #E65656 #9EE656 #56E6E6

square

#9E56E6 #E65656 #9EE656 #56E6E6

split-complementary

#9E56E6 #E6E656 #56E656

monochromatic

#6119A9 #7F21DE #9E56E6 #BD8BEE #DBC1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#9E56E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#9E56E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E56E6

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E56E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E56E6	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C7AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e56e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.211 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf89ef',
    500: '#9e56e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e56e6;
$custom-light: #bf89ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e56e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60555,
    "c": 0.21099,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E56E6

secondary

#CCE6B1

accent

#D60F73

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E56E6

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

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