#9859BB#9859BB

#9859BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.157 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9859BB
RGB	rgb(152, 89, 187)
HSL	hsl(279, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(279, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 52.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.77, 43.25, -41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.77, 60.02, 316.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.1052 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.157 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4893, 17.4086, 49.0215)
Luminance	0.1741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9859BB #7CBB59

analogous

#6759BB #9859BB #BB59AD

triadic

#9859BB #BB9859 #59BB98

tetradic

#9859BB #BB6759 #7CBB59 #59ADBB

square

#9859BB #BB6759 #7CBB59 #59ADBB

split-complementary

#9859BB #ADBB59 #59BB67

monochromatic

#562D6D #783E98 #9859BB #B384CD #CEB0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#9859BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#9859BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9859BB

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9859BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9859BB	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4071BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5475B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9859bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 89, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.157 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b88ad0',
    500: '#9859bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9859bb;
$custom-light: #b88ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9859bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57645,
    "c": 0.1568,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9859BB

secondary

#B2CDA3

accent

#D25682

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#120C14

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9859BB

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

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