#9E5AE1#9E5AE1

#9E5AE1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.200 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5AE1
RGB	rgb(158, 90, 225)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(270, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 60%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.86, 52.95, -58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.86, 78.83, 312.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% 0.1127 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.2 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3443, 20.0178, 73.4321)
Luminance	0.2002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5AE1 #9DE15A

analogous

#5B5AE1 #9E5AE1 #E15AE1

triadic

#9E5AE1 #E19E5A #5AE19E

tetradic

#9E5AE1 #E15B5A #9DE15A #5AE1E1

square

#9E5AE1 #E15B5A #9DE15A #5AE1E1

split-complementary

#9E5AE1 #E1E15A #5AE15B

monochromatic

#611EA3 #8027D7 #9E5AE1 #BC8EEA #DBC2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#9E5AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#9E5AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E5AE1

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E5AE1	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#117AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 90, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.200 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8ceb',
    500: '#9e5ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5ae1;
$custom-light: #bf8ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.222,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60768,
    "c": 0.19997,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5AE1

secondary

#CBE4B2

accent

#D11472

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5AE1

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

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