#9159E9#9159E9

#9159E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.208 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9159E9
RGB	rgb(145, 89, 233)
HSL	hsl(263, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(263, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 61.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, 52.57, -64.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 83.42, 309.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% 0.0966 -0.1844)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.208 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9537, 19.0472, 79.1734)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9159E9 #B1E959

analogous

#5969E9 #9159E9 #D959E9

triadic

#9159E9 #E99159 #59E991

tetradic

#9159E9 #E95969 #B1E959 #59E9D9

square

#9159E9 #E95969 #B1E959 #59E9D9

split-complementary

#9159E9 #E9D959 #69E959

monochromatic

#5317B0 #6D23E2 #9159E9 #B58FF0 #D9C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#9159E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#9159E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9159E9

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9159E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9159E9	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E77E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9159e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 89, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.208 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b78bf1',
    500: '#9159e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9159e9;
$custom-light: #b78bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9159e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59797,
    "c": 0.20814,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9159E9

secondary

#D5E9B5

accent

#D90D89

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9159E9

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

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