#9B59AE#9B59AE

#9B59AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.144 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B59AE
RGB	rgb(155, 89, 174)
HSL	hsl(287, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(287, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 48.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 41.29, -34.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 53.80, 320.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% 0.1074 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.144 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7289, 17.1702, 42.0477)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B59AE #6CAE59

analogous

#7159AE #9B59AE #AE5997

triadic

#9B59AE #AE9B59 #59AE9B

tetradic

#9B59AE #AE7159 #6CAE59 #5997AE

square

#9B59AE #AE7159 #6CAE59 #5997AE

split-complementary

#9B59AE #97AE59 #59AE71

monochromatic

#542E5E #784288 #9B59AE #B482C2 #CDABD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#9B59AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#9B59AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B59AE

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B59AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B59AE	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A6FB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D75AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B657B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b59ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 89, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.144 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8ac6',
    500: '#9b59ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b59ae;
$custom-light: #ba8ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b59ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.588,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57289,
    "c": 0.14372,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B59AE

secondary

#A7C49F

accent

#CA5D76

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F8

border

#D0CBD1

text

#120C13

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B59AE

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

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