#9B51CD#9B51CD

#9B51CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.190 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B51CD
RGB	rgb(155, 81, 205)
HSL	hsl(276, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(276, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 60.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 52.21, -52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 73.88, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.1201 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.19 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4773, 17.2617, 59.6301)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B51CD #83CD51

analogous

#5D51CD #9B51CD #CD51C1

triadic

#9B51CD #CD9B51 #51CD9B

tetradic

#9B51CD #CD5D51 #83CD51 #51C1CD

square

#9B51CD #CD5D51 #83CD51 #51C1CD

split-complementary

#9B51CD #C1CD51 #51CD5D

monochromatic

#5B257F #7C32AF #9B51CD #B681DB #D2B0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#9B51CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#9B51CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B51CD

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B51CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B51CD	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C70D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4074CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b51cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 81, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.190 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc86dd',
    500: '#9b51cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b51cd;
$custom-light: #bc86dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b51cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.806,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5792,
    "c": 0.19006,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B51CD

secondary

#B8D7A3

accent

#DF4985

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120B15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B51CD

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

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