#9E5ADD#9E5ADD

#9E5ADD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.196 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5ADD
RGB	rgb(158, 90, 221)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(271, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 59.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.61, 52.02, -56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.61, 76.82, 312.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% 0.1127 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.196 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8050, 19.8021, 70.5919)
Luminance	0.1980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5ADD #99DD5A

analogous

#5C5ADD #9E5ADD #DD5ADA

triadic

#9E5ADD #DD9E5A #5ADD9E

tetradic

#9E5ADD #DD5C5A #99DD5A #5ADADD

square

#9E5ADD #DD5C5A #99DD5A #5ADADD

split-complementary

#9E5ADD #DADD5A #5ADD5C

monochromatic

#61209C #802BCF #9E5ADD #BC8DE7 #DABFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#9E5ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#9E5ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E5ADD

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E5ADD	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)

#1C79E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 90, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.196 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8ce8',
    500: '#9e5add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5add;
$custom-light: #be8ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.145,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60511,
    "c": 0.1955,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5ADD

secondary

#C8E2B1

accent

#CE186F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5ADD

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

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