#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
RGB	rgb(152, 89, 189)
HSL	hsl(278, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(278, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 52.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.88, 43.70, -42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.88, 61.03, 315.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.1054 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.159 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7049, 17.4948, 50.1570)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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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
##9859BD	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #9859BD

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

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