#9E5AEE#9E5AEE

#9E5AEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.214 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5AEE
RGB	rgb(158, 90, 238)
HSL	hsl(268, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(268, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 62.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 56.05, -64.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 85.36, 311.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% 0.1121 -0.1828)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.214 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1857, 20.7543, 83.1300)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5AEE #AAEE5A

analogous

#5A60EE #9E5AEE #E85AEE

triadic

#9E5AEE #EE9E5A #5AEE9E

tetradic

#9E5AEE #EE5A60 #AAEE5A #5AEEE8

square

#9E5AEE #EE5A60 #AAEE5A #5AEEE8

split-complementary

#9E5AEE #EEE85A #60EE5A

monochromatic

#6013BA #7D23E8 #9E5AEE #BF91F4 #DFC9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#9E5AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#9E5AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E5AEE

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E5AEE	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#257DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 90, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.214 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08cf4',
    500: '#9e5aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5aee;
$custom-light: #c08cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.568,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61627,
    "c": 0.21442,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5AEE

secondary

#D4ECB8

accent

#DE087B

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5AEE

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

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