#9E56E9#9E56E9

#9E56E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.214 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E56E9
RGB	rgb(158, 86, 233)
HSL	hsl(269, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(269, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 63.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.62, 56.85, -63.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.62, 85.07, 311.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% 0.1169 -0.1796)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.214 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1329, 19.8079, 79.2054)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E56E9 #A1E956

analogous

#5657E9 #9E56E9 #E856E9

triadic

#9E56E9 #E99E56 #56E99E

tetradic

#9E56E9 #E95657 #A1E956 #56E9E8

square

#9E56E9 #E95657 #A1E956 #56E9E8

split-complementary

#9E56E9 #E9E856 #57E956

monochromatic

#6117AE #7F20E2 #9E56E9 #BD8CF0 #DCC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#9E56E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#9E56E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E56E9

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E56E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E56E9	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#277BE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e56e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 86, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.214 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf89f1',
    500: '#9e56e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e56e9;
$custom-light: #bf89f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e56e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.388,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60757,
    "c": 0.21426,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E56E9

secondary

#CEE8B3

accent

#D90C75

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E56E9

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

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