#9B59BC#9B59BC

#9B59BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.159 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B59BC
RGB	rgb(155, 89, 188)
HSL	hsl(280, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(280, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 52.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.19, 44.29, -41.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.19, 60.71, 316.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.109 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.159 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1655, 17.7448, 49.6139)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B59BC #7ABC59

analogous

#6A59BC #9B59BC #BC59AC

triadic

#9B59BC #BC9B59 #59BC9B

tetradic

#9B59BC #BC6A59 #7ABC59 #59ACBC

square

#9B59BC #BC6A59 #7ABC59 #59ACBC

split-complementary

#9B59BC #ACBC59 #59BC6A

monochromatic

#582C6E #7B3E9A #9B59BC #B585CE #D0B0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#9B59BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#9B59BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B59BC

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B59BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B59BC	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4071BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5577B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b59bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 89, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.159 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8ad0',
    500: '#9b59bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b59bc;
$custom-light: #bb8ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b59bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58047,
    "c": 0.15913,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B59BC

secondary

#B1CDA3

accent

#D2567F

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#120C14

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B59BC

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

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