#9B4EE5#9B4EE5

#9B4EE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.220 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B4EE5
RGB	rgb(155, 78, 229)
HSL	hsl(271, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(271, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 65.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.59, 59.17, -64.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.59, 87.41, 312.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.1221 -0.1827)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.22 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3816, 18.0746, 76.0017)
Luminance	0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B4EE5 #98E54E

analogous

#4F4EE5 #9B4EE5 #E54EE3

triadic

#9B4EE5 #E59B4E #4EE59B

tetradic

#9B4EE5 #E54F4E #98E54E #4EE3E5

square

#9B4EE5 #E54F4E #98E54E #4EE3E5

split-complementary

#9B4EE5 #E3E54E #4EE54F

monochromatic

#5E18A1 #7D1FD6 #9B4EE5 #B983ED #D7B9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#9B4EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#9B4EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B4EE5

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B4EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B4EE5	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1576E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b4ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 78, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.220 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be84ee',
    500: '#9b4ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b4ee5;
$custom-light: #be84ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b4ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.596,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59131,
    "c": 0.21974,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B4EE5

secondary

#C7E4AA

accent

#D70F71

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B4EE5

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

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