#9B59CC#9B59CC

#9B59CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.177 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B59CC
RGB	rgb(155, 89, 204)
HSL	hsl(274, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 56.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 47.88, -49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 68.75, 314.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% 0.11 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.177 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9869, 18.4734, 59.2064)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B59CC #8ACC59

analogous

#6259CC #9B59CC #CC59C3

triadic

#9B59CC #CC9B59 #59CC9B

tetradic

#9B59CC #CC6259 #8ACC59 #59C3CC

square

#9B59CC #CC6259 #8ACC59 #59C3CC

split-complementary

#9B59CC #C3CC59 #59CC62

monochromatic

#5C2883 #7D36B1 #9B59CC #B788DA #D3B7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#9B59CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#9B59CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B59CC

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B59CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B59CC	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3274D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A78C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b59cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 89, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.177 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8bdc',
    500: '#9b59cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b59cc;
$custom-light: #bb8bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b59cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.435,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5898,
    "c": 0.17707,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B59CC

secondary

#BDD8A9

accent

#DC4B89

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B59CC

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

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