#9F56E9#9F56E9

#9F56E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.214 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F56E9
RGB	rgb(159, 86, 233)
HSL	hsl(270, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 63.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, 57.07, -63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 85.07, 312.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% 0.1182 -0.179)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.214 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3305, 19.9097, 79.2147)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F56E9 #A0E956

analogous

#5657E9 #9F56E9 #E856E9

triadic

#9F56E9 #E99F56 #56E99F

tetradic

#9F56E9 #E95657 #A0E956 #56E9E8

square

#9F56E9 #E95657 #A0E956 #56E9E8

split-complementary

#9F56E9 #E9E856 #57E956

monochromatic

#6217AE #8020E2 #9F56E9 #BE8CF0 #DDC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#9F56E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#9F56E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F56E9

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F56E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F56E9	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#287BE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f56e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 86, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.214 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08af1',
    500: '#9f56e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f56e9;
$custom-light: #c08af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f56e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.796,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60866,
    "c": 0.21447,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F56E9

secondary

#CEE8B3

accent

#D90C73

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F56E9

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

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