#9859BD#9859BD

#9859BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.159 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9859BD
RGBrgb(152, 89, 189)
HSLhsl(278, 43%, 55%)
HSVhsv(278, 53%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(19.6%, 52.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(48.88, 43.70, -42.60)
CIE-LCHlch(48.88, 61.03, 315.73°)
OKLaboklab(57.76% 0.1054 -0.1192)
OKLCHoklch(57.76% 0.159 311.5)
XYZxyz(25.7049, 17.4948, 50.1570)
Luminance0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9859BD #7EBD59
analogous
#6659BD #9859BD #BD59B0
triadic
#9859BD #BD9859 #59BD98
tetradic
#9859BD #BD6659 #7EBD59 #59B0BD
square
#9859BD #BD6659 #7EBD59 #59B0BD
split-complementary
#9859BD #B0BD59 #59BD66
monochromatic
#572C6F #793E9B #9859BD #B385CE #CEB1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67
#9859BD on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50
#9859BD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9859BD
4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9859BD#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##9859BD1.004.674.504.67
#FFFFFF4.671.0021.001.00
#0000004.5021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.671.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3E71C0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5275BA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#946A83
Achromatopsia (no color)
#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9859bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 89, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.159 311.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b98ad1',
    500: '#9859bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9859bd;
$custom-light: #b98ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9859bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.8,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57758,
    "c": 0.15907,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9859BD
secondary
#B3CEA4
accent
#D35584
background
#FBF8FC
surface
#F6F0F9
border
#D0CBD2
text
#120C14
muted
#817D82

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#9859BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva