#9E5DCD#9E5DCD

#9E5DCD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.173 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5DCD
RGB	rgb(158, 93, 205)
HSL	hsl(275, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(275, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 54.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.27, 46.76, -47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.27, 66.98, 314.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% 0.1086 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.173 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0322, 19.5060, 59.9814)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5DCD #8CCD5D

analogous

#665DCD #9E5DCD #CD5DC4

triadic

#9E5DCD #CD9E5D #5DCD9E

tetradic

#9E5DCD #CD665D #8CCD5D #5DC4CD

square

#9E5DCD #CD665D #8CCD5D #5DC4CD

split-complementary

#9E5DCD #C4CD5D #5DCD66

monochromatic

#5F2986 #8038B5 #9E5DCD #BA8CDB #D6BBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#9E5DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#9E5DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E5DCD

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E5DCD	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A77D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98718C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 93, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.173 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8ddd',
    500: '#9e5dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5dcd;
$custom-light: #bd8ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.821,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59964,
    "c": 0.17301,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5DCD

secondary

#BFD9AD

accent

#DC4C88

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5DCD

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

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