#9E5CE5#9E5CE5

#9E5CE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.202 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5CE5
RGB	rgb(158, 92, 229)
HSL	hsl(269, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(269, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 59.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 52.87, -59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 79.70, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% 0.1102 -0.1689)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.202 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0673, 20.5806, 76.3966)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5CE5 #A3E55C

analogous

#5C5EE5 #9E5CE5 #E25CE5

triadic

#9E5CE5 #E59E5C #5CE59E

tetradic

#9E5CE5 #E55C5E #A3E55C #5CE5E2

square

#9E5CE5 #E55C5E #A3E55C #5CE5E2

split-complementary

#9E5CE5 #E5E25C #5EE55C

monochromatic

#611BAB #7F27DD #9E5CE5 #BD91ED #DDC6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#9E5CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#9E5CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E5CE5

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E5CE5	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D7CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 92, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.202 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8dee',
    500: '#9e5ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5ce5;
$custom-light: #bf8dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.905,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61305,
    "c": 0.20163,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5CE5

secondary

#CFE7B6

accent

#D51176

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5CE5

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

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