#9F49CD#9F49CD

#9F49CD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.203 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F49CD
RGB	rgb(159, 73, 205)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 64.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 57.01, -53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 78.31, 316.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.1347 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.203 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6980, 16.5445, 59.4801)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F49CD #77CD49

analogous

#5D49CD #9F49CD #CD49B9

triadic

#9F49CD #CD9F49 #49CD9F

tetradic

#9F49CD #CD5D49 #77CD49 #49B9CD

square

#9F49CD #CD5D49 #77CD49 #49B9CD

split-complementary

#9F49CD #B9CD49 #49CD5D

monochromatic

#5B227A #7F2FAA #9F49CD #B879DA #D2A9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#9F49CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#9F49CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F49CD

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F49CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F49CD	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C73CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f49cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 73, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.203 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf81dd',
    500: '#9f49cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f49cd;
$custom-light: #bf81dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f49cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.091,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57372,
    "c": 0.20258,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F49CD

secondary

#B0D59D

accent

#E0487D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8EFFB

border

#D1CAD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F49CD

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

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