#9B59A2#9B59A2

#9B59A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.131 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B59A2
RGB	rgb(155, 89, 162)
HSL	hsl(294, 29%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(294, 45%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 45.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, 38.84, -28.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 48.07, 323.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.1054 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.131 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6109, 16.7230, 36.1596)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B59A2 #60A259

analogous

#7759A2 #9B59A2 #A25985

triadic

#9B59A2 #A29B59 #59A29B

tetradic

#9B59A2 #A27759 #60A259 #5985A2

square

#9B59A2 #A27759 #60A259 #5985A2

split-complementary

#9B59A2 #85A259 #59A277

monochromatic

#4F2E53 #75437B #9B59A2 #B37FB9 #CBA7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#9B59A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#9B59A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B59A2

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B59A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B59A2	1.00	4.83	4.34	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#506DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6374A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D6176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b59a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 89, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.131 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8abe',
    500: '#9b59a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b59a2;
$custom-light: #ba8abe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b59a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.247,
    "s": 29.084,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56684,
    "c": 0.13096,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B59A2

secondary

#9EBC9A

accent

#C5626C

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6F0F6

border

#D0CBD0

text

#120C12

muted

#817D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B59A2

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

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