#9B56E6#9B56E6

#9B56E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.210 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B56E6
RGB	rgb(155, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(269, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(269, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.08, 55.50, -62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.08, 83.57, 311.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% 0.1132 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.21 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1250, 19.3373, 76.9403)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B56E6 #A1E656

analogous

#5659E6 #9B56E6 #E356E6

triadic

#9B56E6 #E69B56 #56E69B

tetradic

#9B56E6 #E65659 #A1E656 #56E6E3

square

#9B56E6 #E65659 #A1E656 #56E6E3

split-complementary

#9B56E6 #E6E356 #59E656

monochromatic

#5E19A9 #7B21DE #9B56E6 #BB8BEE #DAC1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#9B56E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#9B56E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B56E6

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B56E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B56E6	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2779E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b56e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.210 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd89ef',
    500: '#9b56e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b56e6;
$custom-light: #bd89ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b56e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.75,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60228,
    "c": 0.21037,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B56E6

secondary

#CDE6B1

accent

#D60F77

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B56E6

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

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