#9B59C8#9B59C8

#9B59C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.173 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B59C8
RGB	rgb(155, 89, 200)
HSL	hsl(276, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(276, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 55.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 46.97, -47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 66.73, 314.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.1099 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.173 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5133, 18.2839, 56.7121)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B59C8 #86C859

analogous

#6459C8 #9B59C8 #C859BD

triadic

#9B59C8 #C89B59 #59C89B

tetradic

#9B59C8 #C86459 #86C859 #59BDC8

square

#9B59C8 #C86459 #86C859 #59BDC8

split-complementary

#9B59C8 #BDC859 #59C864

monochromatic

#5B297D #7D39AB #9B59C8 #B787D7 #D2B5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#9B59C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#9B59C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B59C8

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B59C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B59C8	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3674CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D78C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b59c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 89, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.173 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8ad9',
    500: '#9b59c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b59c8;
$custom-light: #bb8ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b59c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.676,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5874,
    "c": 0.17258,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B59C8

secondary

#BAD5A8

accent

#DA4E87

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B59C8

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

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