#9F49E6#9F49E6

#9F49E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.228 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F49E6
RGB	rgb(159, 73, 230)
HSL	hsl(273, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(273, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 68.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.31, 62.51, -65.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.31, 90.41, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.1324 -0.1854)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.228 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9604, 17.8494, 76.6618)
Luminance	0.1785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F49E6 #90E649

analogous

#5149E6 #9F49E6 #E649DF

triadic

#9F49E6 #E69F49 #49E69F

tetradic

#9F49E6 #E65149 #90E649 #49DFE6

square

#9F49E6 #E65149 #90E649 #49DFE6

split-complementary

#9F49E6 #DFE649 #49E651

monochromatic

#61169F #821DD5 #9F49E6 #BB7FED #D8B5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#9F49E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#9F49E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F49E6

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F49E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F49E6	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E75E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#926D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f49e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 73, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.228 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c182ef',
    500: '#9f49e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f49e6;
$custom-light: #c182ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f49e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.866,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59063,
    "c": 0.22788,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F49E6

secondary

#C2E4A7

accent

#F2358B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F49E6

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

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