#9E5CEE#9E5CEE

#9E5CEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.212 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5CEE
RGB	rgb(158, 92, 238)
HSL	hsl(267, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(267, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 61.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, 55.03, -63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 84.24, 310.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% 0.1098 -0.181)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.212 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3566, 21.0963, 83.1870)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5CEE #ACEE5C

analogous

#5C63EE #9E5CEE #E75CEE

triadic

#9E5CEE #EE9E5C #5CEE9E

tetradic

#9E5CEE #EE5C63 #ACEE5C #5CEEE7

square

#9E5CEE #EE5C63 #ACEE5C #5CEEE7

split-complementary

#9E5CEE #EEE75C #63EE5C

monochromatic

#6014BC #7D25E8 #9E5CEE #BF93F4 #E0CBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#9E5CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#9E5CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E5CEE

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E5CEE	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A7EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 92, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.212 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8df4',
    500: '#9e5cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5cee;
$custom-light: #bf8df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.123,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61899,
    "c": 0.21173,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5CEE

secondary

#D5ECBA

accent

#DD087D

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5CEE

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

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