#9E5AE2#9E5AE2

#9E5AE2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.201 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5AE2
RGB	rgb(158, 90, 226)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(270, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 60.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, 53.19, -58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 79.33, 312.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% 0.1126 -0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.201 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4811, 20.0725, 74.1526)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5AE2 #9EE25A

analogous

#5A5AE2 #9E5AE2 #E25AE2

triadic

#9E5AE2 #E29E5A #5AE29E

tetradic

#9E5AE2 #E25A5A #9EE25A #5AE2E2

square

#9E5AE2 #E25A5A #9EE25A #5AE2E2

split-complementary

#9E5AE2 #E2E25A #5AE25A

monochromatic

#611DA5 #7F26D9 #9E5AE2 #BD8EEB #DBC2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#9E5AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#9E5AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E5AE2

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E5AE2	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D7AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 90, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.201 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8cec',
    500: '#9e5ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5ae2;
$custom-light: #bf8cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 70.103,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60832,
    "c": 0.20108,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5AE2

secondary

#CCE5B3

accent

#D21373

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5AE2

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

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