#9859BC#9859BC

#9859BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.158 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9859BC
RGB	rgb(152, 89, 188)
HSL	hsl(278, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(278, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 52.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.82, 43.47, -42.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.82, 60.52, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.7% 0.1053 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(57.7% 0.158 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5968, 17.4516, 49.5873)
Luminance	0.1745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9859BC #7DBC59

analogous

#6759BC #9859BC #BC59AE

triadic

#9859BC #BC9859 #59BC98

tetradic

#9859BC #BC6759 #7DBC59 #59AEBC

square

#9859BC #BC6759 #7DBC59 #59AEBC

split-complementary

#9859BC #AEBC59 #59BC67

monochromatic

#562C6E #783E9A #9859BC #B385CE #CEB0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#9859BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#9859BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9859BC

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9859BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9859BC	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F71BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5375B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9859bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 89, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.158 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b98ad0',
    500: '#9859bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9859bc;
$custom-light: #b98ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9859bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57701,
    "c": 0.15793,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9859BC

secondary

#B3CDA3

accent

#D25683

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#120C14

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9859BC

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

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