#9F5AE6#9F5AE6

#9F5AE6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.206 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F5AE6
RGB	rgb(159, 90, 230)
HSL	hsl(270, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 60.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, 54.36, -60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 81.35, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% 0.1138 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.206 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2339, 20.3965, 77.0863)
Luminance	0.2040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F5AE6 #A1E65A

analogous

#5A5BE6 #9F5AE6 #E55AE6

triadic

#9F5AE6 #E69F5A #5AE69F

tetradic

#9F5AE6 #E65A5B #A1E65A #5AE6E5

square

#9F5AE6 #E65A5B #A1E65A #5AE6E5

split-complementary

#9F5AE6 #E6E55A #5BE65A

monochromatic

#621AAC #8025DE #9F5AE6 #BE8FEE #DDC4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#9F5AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#9F5AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F5AE6

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F5AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F5AE6	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f5ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 90, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.206 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08cef',
    500: '#9f5ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f5ae6;
$custom-light: #c08cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f5ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.571,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61202,
    "c": 0.20575,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F5AE6

secondary

#CEE7B5

accent

#D61074

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F5AE6

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

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