#9B59CB#9B59CB

#9B59CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.176 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B59CB
RGB	rgb(155, 89, 203)
HSL	hsl(275, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(275, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 56.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 47.65, -48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 68.24, 314.28°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% 0.11 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.176 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8673, 18.4255, 58.5768)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B59CB #89CB59

analogous

#6259CB #9B59CB #CB59C2

triadic

#9B59CB #CB9B59 #59CB9B

tetradic

#9B59CB #CB6259 #89CB59 #59C2CB

square

#9B59CB #CB6259 #89CB59 #59C2CB

split-complementary

#9B59CB #C2CB59 #59CB62

monochromatic

#5C2881 #7D37B0 #9B59CB #B788DA #D3B6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#9B59CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#9B59CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B59CB

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B59CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B59CB	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	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)

#3374CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B78C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b59cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 89, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.176 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8adb',
    500: '#9b59cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b59cb;
$custom-light: #bb8adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b59cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5892,
    "c": 0.17594,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B59CB

secondary

#BCD7A9

accent

#DC4C89

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B59CB

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

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