#9B59CA#9B59CA

#9B59CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.175 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B59CA
RGB	rgb(155, 89, 202)
HSL	hsl(275, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(275, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 55.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.95, 47.42, -48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.95, 67.74, 314.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.11 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.175 309)
XYZ	xyz(27.7485, 18.3780, 57.9512)
Luminance	0.1838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B59CA #88CA59

analogous

#6359CA #9B59CA #CA59C1

triadic

#9B59CA #CA9B59 #59CA9B

tetradic

#9B59CA #CA6359 #88CA59 #59C1CA

square

#9B59CA #CA6359 #88CA59 #59C1CA

split-complementary

#9B59CA #C1CA59 #59CA63

monochromatic

#5C2980 #7D38AE #9B59CA #B787D9 #D3B6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#9B59CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#9B59CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B59CA

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B59CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B59CA	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3474CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C78C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b59ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 89, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.175 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8adb',
    500: '#9b59ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b59ca;
$custom-light: #bb8adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b59ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.044,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5886,
    "c": 0.17482,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.18378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B59CA

secondary

#BCD6A8

accent

#DB4D88

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B59CA

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

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