#9B59BB#9B59BB

#9B59BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.158 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B59BB
RGB	rgb(155, 89, 187)
HSL	hsl(280, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(280, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 52.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.13, 44.07, -41.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.13, 60.21, 317.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% 0.1089 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.158 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0581, 17.7018, 49.0482)
Luminance	0.1770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B59BB #79BB59

analogous

#6A59BB #9B59BB #BB59AA

triadic

#9B59BB #BB9B59 #59BB9B

tetradic

#9B59BB #BB6A59 #79BB59 #59AABB

square

#9B59BB #BB6A59 #79BB59 #59AABB

split-complementary

#9B59BB #AABB59 #59BB6A

monochromatic

#582D6D #7B3E98 #9B59BB #B584CD #CFB0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#9B59BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#9B59BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B59BB

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B59BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B59BB	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4171BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5676B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b59bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 89, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.158 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8ad0',
    500: '#9b59bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b59bb;
$custom-light: #bb8ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b59bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.408,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57991,
    "c": 0.15802,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B59BB

secondary

#B1CDA3

accent

#D2567E

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#120C14

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B59BB

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

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