#9B56E5#9B56E5

#9B56E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.209 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B56E5
RGB	rgb(155, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(269, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, 55.26, -62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 83.07, 311.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% 0.1133 -0.176)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.209 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9849, 19.2813, 76.2028)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B56E5 #A0E556

analogous

#5659E5 #9B56E5 #E256E5

triadic

#9B56E5 #E59B56 #56E59B

tetradic

#9B56E5 #E55659 #A0E556 #56E5E2

square

#9B56E5 #E55659 #A0E556 #56E5E2

split-complementary

#9B56E5 #E5E256 #59E556

monochromatic

#5E1AA7 #7C22DC #9B56E5 #BA8BED #DAC0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#9B56E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#9B56E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B56E5

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B56E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B56E5	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2979E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b56e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.209 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd89ee',
    500: '#9b56e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b56e5;
$custom-light: #bd89ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b56e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.951,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6016,
    "c": 0.20927,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B56E5

secondary

#CCE6B1

accent

#D51076

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B56E5

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

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