#9E57CE#9E57CE

#9E57CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.183 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E57CE
RGB	rgb(158, 87, 206)
HSL	hsl(276, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(276, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 57.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 50.12, -50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 71.03, 314.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.1164 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.183 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6472, 18.5422, 60.4504)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E57CE #87CE57

analogous

#6257CE #9E57CE #CE57C3

triadic

#9E57CE #CE9E57 #57CE9E

tetradic

#9E57CE #CE6257 #87CE57 #57C3CE

square

#9E57CE #CE6257 #87CE57 #57C3CE

split-complementary

#9E57CE #C3CE57 #57CE62

monochromatic

#5E2784 #8034B3 #9E57CE #B986DC #D5B6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#9E57CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#9E57CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E57CE

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E57CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E57CE	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D74D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4978CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e57ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 87, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.183 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be89dd',
    500: '#9e57ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e57ce;
$custom-light: #be89dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e57ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.798,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59156,
    "c": 0.18328,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E57CE

secondary

#BCD8A8

accent

#DE4A86

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E57CE

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

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