#9F56CE#9F56CE

#9F56CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.185 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F56CE
RGB	rgb(159, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(277, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(277, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.08, 50.88, -50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.08, 71.64, 315.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.119 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.185 310)
XYZ	xyz(28.7643, 18.4833, 60.4329)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F56CE #85CE56

analogous

#6356CE #9F56CE #CE56C1

triadic

#9F56CE #CE9F56 #56CE9F

tetradic

#9F56CE #CE6356 #85CE56 #56C1CE

square

#9F56CE #CE6356 #85CE56 #56C1CE

split-complementary

#9F56CE #C1CE56 #56CE63

monochromatic

#5F2683 #8134B3 #9F56CE #BA85DC #D5B5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#9F56CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#9F56CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F56CE

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F56CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F56CE	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)

#2B74D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4978CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f56ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.185 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be89dd',
    500: '#9f56ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f56ce;
$custom-light: #be89dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f56ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59131,
    "c": 0.18511,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.18483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F56CE

secondary

#BBD8A8

accent

#DE4984

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F56CE

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

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