#9E79EE#9E79EE

#9E79EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.170 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E79EE
RGB	rgb(158, 121, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 49.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, 39.36, -54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 66.92, 306.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% 0.0746 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.17 296)
XYZ	xyz(36.3667, 27.1163, 84.1903)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E79EE #C9EE79

analogous

#798FEE #9E79EE #D879EE

triadic

#9E79EE #EE9E79 #79EE9E

tetradic

#9E79EE #EE798F #C9EE79 #79EED8

square

#9E79EE #EE798F #C9EE79 #79EED8

split-complementary

#9E79EE #EED879 #8FEE79

monochromatic

#551BD2 #7743E7 #9E79EE #C5AFF5 #EBE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9E79EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#9E79EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E79EE

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E79EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E79EE	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F8FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#578DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C90A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e79ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 121, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.170 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea0f4',
    500: '#9e79ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e79ee;
$custom-light: #bea0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e79ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.974,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66338,
    "c": 0.16995,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.27117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E79EE

secondary

#E7F1D1

accent

#DA0C99

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E79EE

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

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