#9859EE#9859EE

#9859EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.215 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9859EE
RGB	rgb(152, 89, 238)
HSL	hsl(265, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 62.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 55.29, -65.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 85.93, 310.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% 0.1054 -0.1871)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.215 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9501, 19.9929, 83.0481)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9859EE #AFEE59

analogous

#5965EE #9859EE #E359EE

triadic

#9859EE #EE9859 #59EE98

tetradic

#9859EE #EE5965 #AFEE59 #59EEE3

square

#9859EE #EE5965 #AFEE59 #59EEE3

split-complementary

#9859EE #EEE359 #65EE59

monochromatic

#5913BA #7621E8 #9859EE #BA91F4 #DDC8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#9859EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#9859EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9859EE

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9859EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9859EE	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#137AEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9859ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 89, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.215 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8bf4',
    500: '#9859ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9859ee;
$custom-light: #bc8bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9859ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.369,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60862,
    "c": 0.21475,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9859EE

secondary

#D5EBB7

accent

#DE0883

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9859EE

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

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