#9E78EE#9E78EE

#9E78EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.171 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E78EE
RGB	rgb(158, 120, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 49.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, 39.92, -54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 67.54, 306.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% 0.0759 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.171 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2458, 26.8745, 84.1500)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E78EE #C8EE78

analogous

#788DEE #9E78EE #D978EE

triadic

#9E78EE #EE9E78 #78EE9E

tetradic

#9E78EE #EE788D #C8EE78 #78EED9

square

#9E78EE #EE788D #C8EE78 #78EED9

split-complementary

#9E78EE #EED978 #8DEE78

monochromatic

#551AD1 #7742E7 #9E78EE #C5AEF5 #EBE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#9E78EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#9E78EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E78EE

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E78EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E78EE	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D8EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#568CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e78ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 120, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.171 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea0f4',
    500: '#9e78ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e78ee;
$custom-light: #bea0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e78ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.322,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66171,
    "c": 0.17144,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E78EE

secondary

#E7F1D1

accent

#DA0C97

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E78EE

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

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