#9859BE#9859BE

#9859BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.160 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9859BE
RGB	rgb(152, 89, 190)
HSL	hsl(277, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 53.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.93, 43.92, -43.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.93, 61.53, 315.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.1055 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.16 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8139, 17.5384, 50.7306)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9859BE #7FBE59

analogous

#6659BE #9859BE #BE59B1

triadic

#9859BE #BE9859 #59BE98

tetradic

#9859BE #BE6659 #7FBE59 #59B1BE

square

#9859BE #BE6659 #7FBE59 #59B1BE

split-complementary

#9859BE #B1BE59 #59BE66

monochromatic

#572C71 #793D9D #9859BE #B385CF #CFB1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#9859BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#9859BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9859BE

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9859BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9859BE	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E71C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5276BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9859be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 89, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.160 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b98ad2',
    500: '#9859be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9859be;
$custom-light: #b98ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9859be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.426,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57816,
    "c": 0.1602,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9859BE

secondary

#B4CFA4

accent

#D35484

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#120C14

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9859BE

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

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