#9F50CD#9F50CD

#9F50CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.193 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F50CD
RGB	rgb(159, 80, 205)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(278, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 61%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.90, 53.66, -51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.90, 74.54, 316.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.26% 0.1264 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(58.26% 0.193 311)
XYZ	xyz(28.1841, 17.5166, 59.6421)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F50CD #7ECD50

analogous

#6050CD #9F50CD #CD50BC

triadic

#9F50CD #CD9F50 #50CD9F

tetradic

#9F50CD #CD6050 #7ECD50 #50BCCD

square

#9F50CD #CD6050 #7ECD50 #50BCCD

split-complementary

#9F50CD #BCCD50 #50CD60

monochromatic

#5D247E #8032AE #9F50CD #B980DB #D3AFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#9F50CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#9F50CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F50CD

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F50CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F50CD	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D70D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4476CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f50cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 80, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.193 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf85dd',
    500: '#9f50cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f50cd;
$custom-light: #bf85dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f50cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.92,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58258,
    "c": 0.19281,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.17516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F50CD

secondary

#B6D6A2

accent

#DF4980

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#130B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F50CD

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

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