#9E5EA2#9E5EA2

#9E5EA2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.124 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5EA2
RGB	rgb(158, 94, 162)
HSL	hsl(296, 27%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(296, 42%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 42%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.36, 37.04, -26.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.36, 45.28, 324.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.1014 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.124 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6242, 17.8842, 36.3303)
Luminance	0.1788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5EA2 #62A25E

analogous

#7C5EA2 #9E5EA2 #A25E84

triadic

#9E5EA2 #A29E5E #5EA29E

tetradic

#9E5EA2 #A27C5E #62A25E #5E84A2

square

#9E5EA2 #A27C5E #62A25E #5E84A2

split-complementary

#9E5EA2 #84A25E #5EA27C

monochromatic

#533155 #78477B #9E5EA2 #B585B8 #CDACCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#9E5EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#9E5EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5EA2

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5EA2	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5770A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6878A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16578

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 94, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.124 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8dbd',
    500: '#9e5ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5ea2;
$custom-light: #bc8dbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.471,
    "s": 26.772,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57846,
    "c": 0.12395,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5EA2

secondary

#A0BD9F

accent

#C3656A

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6F0F6

border

#D0CBD0

text

#120C12

muted

#817D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5EA2

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

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