#9F4EE5#9F4EE5

#9F4EE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.221 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F4EE5
RGB	rgb(159, 78, 229)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(272, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 65.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 59.99, -63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 87.38, 313.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% 0.1273 -0.1802)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.221 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1622, 18.4771, 76.0383)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F4EE5 #94E54E

analogous

#534EE5 #9F4EE5 #E54EE0

triadic

#9F4EE5 #E59F4E #4EE59F

tetradic

#9F4EE5 #E5534E #94E54E #4EE0E5

square

#9F4EE5 #E5534E #94E54E #4EE0E5

split-complementary

#9F4EE5 #E0E54E #4EE553

monochromatic

#6118A1 #821FD6 #9F4EE5 #BC83ED #D9B9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#9F4EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#9F4EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F4EE5

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F4EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F4EE5	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2077E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#926F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f4ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 78, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.221 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c085ee',
    500: '#9f4ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f4ee5;
$custom-light: #c085ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f4ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.185,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59583,
    "c": 0.22064,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F4EE5

secondary

#C5E4AA

accent

#D70F6B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F4EE5

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

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