#9B51E5#9B51E5

#9B51E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.216 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B51E5
RGB	rgb(155, 81, 229)
HSL	hsl(270, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(270, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 64.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, 57.73, -63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 85.81, 312.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% 0.1189 -0.1802)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.216 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5996, 18.5106, 76.0744)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B51E5 #9BE551

analogous

#5151E5 #9B51E5 #E551E5

triadic

#9B51E5 #E59B51 #51E59B

tetradic

#9B51E5 #E55151 #9BE551 #51E5E5

square

#9B51E5 #E55151 #9BE551 #51E5E5

split-complementary

#9B51E5 #E5E551 #51E551

monochromatic

#5E18A3 #7C20D8 #9B51E5 #BA86ED #D8BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#9B51E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#9B51E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B51E5

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B51E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B51E5	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D77E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b51e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 81, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.216 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd86ee',
    500: '#9b51e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b51e5;
$custom-light: #bd86ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b51e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59507,
    "c": 0.21589,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B51E5

secondary

#C9E5AD

accent

#D60F73

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B51E5

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

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