#9B3BE5#9B3BE5

#9B3BE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.242 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B3BE5
RGB	rgb(155, 59, 229)
HSL	hsl(274, 77%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(274, 74%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 74.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.65, 67.42, -69.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.65, 96.54, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.1406 -0.1966)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.242 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2212, 15.7539, 75.6149)
Luminance	0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B3BE5 #85E53B

analogous

#463BE5 #9B3BE5 #E53BDA

triadic

#9B3BE5 #E59B3B #3BE59B

tetradic

#9B3BE5 #E5463B #85E53B #3BDAE5

square

#9B3BE5 #E5463B #85E53B #3BDAE5

split-complementary

#9B3BE5 #DAE53B #3BE546

monochromatic

#5B1392 #7D1BC8 #9B3BE5 #B771EC #D2A7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#9B3BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#9B3BE5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B3BE5

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B3BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B3BE5	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D658E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b3be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 59, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.242 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7aee',
    500: '#9b3be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b3be5;
$custom-light: #be7aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b3be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.882,
    "s": 76.577,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57042,
    "c": 0.2417,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B3BE5

secondary

#B9E19B

accent

#F33588

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B3BE5

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

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