#9E85E4#9E85E4

#9E85E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.139 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E85E4
RGB	rgb(158, 133, 228)
HSL	hsl(256, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(256, 42%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 41.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, 30.00, -44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 54.06, 303.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% 0.0575 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.139 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4882, 29.6450, 77.1834)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E85E4 #CBE485

analogous

#859BE4 #9E85E4 #CD85E4

triadic

#9E85E4 #E49E85 #85E49E

tetradic

#9E85E4 #E4859B #CBE485 #85E4CD

square

#9E85E4 #E4859B #CBE485 #85E4CD

split-complementary

#9E85E4 #E4CD85 #9BE485

monochromatic

#532BC3 #7653D9 #9E85E4 #C6B7EF #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#9E85E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#9E85E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E85E4

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E85E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E85E4	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6995E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C93E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E96AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e85e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 133, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.139 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda8ed',
    500: '#9e85e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e85e4;
$custom-light: #bda8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e85e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 63.758,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67875,
    "c": 0.13853,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E85E4

secondary

#E8EFD6

accent

#CC1A9D

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E85E4

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

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