#9F49CB#9F49CB

#9F49CB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.201 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F49CB
RGB	rgb(159, 73, 203)
HSL	hsl(280, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(280, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 64%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.56, 56.58, -52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.56, 77.35, 317.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% 0.1348 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.201 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4582, 16.4485, 58.2168)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F49CB #75CB49

analogous

#5E49CB #9F49CB #CB49B6

triadic

#9F49CB #CB9F49 #49CB9F

tetradic

#9F49CB #CB5E49 #75CB49 #49B6CB

square

#9F49CB #CB5E49 #75CB49 #49B6CB

split-complementary

#9F49CB #B6CB49 #49CB5E

monochromatic

#5B2277 #7F30A7 #9F49CB #B879D9 #D1A8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#9F49CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#9F49CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F49CB

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F49CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F49CB	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#026CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E73C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f49cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 73, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.201 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf81db',
    500: '#9f49cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f49cb;
$custom-light: #bf81db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f49cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.692,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57244,
    "c": 0.20057,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F49CB

secondary

#AFD49C

accent

#DF497C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F49CB

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

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