#9F5AE5#9F5AE5

#9F5AE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.205 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F5AE5
RGB	rgb(159, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, 54.12, -60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 80.85, 312.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% 0.1138 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.205 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0939, 20.3405, 76.3489)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F5AE5 #A0E55A

analogous

#5A5BE5 #9F5AE5 #E45AE5

triadic

#9F5AE5 #E59F5A #5AE59F

tetradic

#9F5AE5 #E55A5B #A0E55A #5AE5E4

square

#9F5AE5 #E55A5B #A0E55A #5AE5E4

split-complementary

#9F5AE5 #E5E45A #5BE55A

monochromatic

#621BAA #8025DD #9F5AE5 #BE8FED #DDC4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#9F5AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#9F5AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F5AE5

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F5AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F5AE5	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#367CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f5ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.205 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08cee',
    500: '#9f5ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f5ae5;
$custom-light: #c08cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f5ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.784,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61136,
    "c": 0.20464,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F5AE5

secondary

#CEE7B4

accent

#D51173

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F5AE5

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

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