#9F51E5#9F51E5

#9F51E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.217 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F51E5
RGB	rgb(159, 81, 229)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(272, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 58.57, -62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 85.80, 313.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% 0.1241 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.217 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3802, 18.9131, 76.1110)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F51E5 #97E551

analogous

#5551E5 #9F51E5 #E551E1

triadic

#9F51E5 #E59F51 #51E59F

tetradic

#9F51E5 #E55551 #97E551 #51E1E5

square

#9F51E5 #E55551 #97E551 #51E1E5

split-complementary

#9F51E5 #E1E551 #51E555

monochromatic

#6218A3 #8120D8 #9F51E5 #BC86ED #DABBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#9F51E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#9F51E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F51E5

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F51E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F51E5	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2679E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f51e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 81, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.217 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c086ee',
    500: '#9f51e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f51e5;
$custom-light: #c086ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f51e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.622,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59954,
    "c": 0.21678,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F51E5

secondary

#C7E5AD

accent

#D60F6D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F51E5

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

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