#9E5AE7#9E5AE7

#9E5AE7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.207 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5AE7
RGB	rgb(158, 90, 231)
HSL	hsl(269, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(269, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 61%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, 54.37, -61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 81.85, 311.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% 0.1125 -0.1734)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.207 303)
XYZ	xyz(32.1772, 20.3510, 77.8188)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5AE7 #A3E75A

analogous

#5A5CE7 #9E5AE7 #E45AE7

triadic

#9E5AE7 #E79E5A #5AE79E

tetradic

#9E5AE7 #E75A5C #A3E75A #5AE7E4

square

#9E5AE7 #E75A5C #A3E75A #5AE7E4

split-complementary

#9E5AE7 #E7E45A #5CE75A

monochromatic

#6119AD #7F25DF #9E5AE7 #BD8FEF #DDC5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#9E5AE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#9E5AE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E5AE7

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5AE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E5AE7	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#327CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5ae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 90, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.207 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8cef',
    500: '#9e5ae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5ae7;
$custom-light: #bf8cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5ae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.936,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6116,
    "c": 0.20665,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.20351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5AE7

secondary

#CFE8B5

accent

#D70F76

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5AE7

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

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