#9B59CE#9B59CE

#9B59CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.179 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B59CE
RGB	rgb(155, 89, 206)
HSL	hsl(274, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 56.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, 48.34, -50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 69.76, 313.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% 0.1101 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.179 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2283, 18.5699, 60.4778)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B59CE #8CCE59

analogous

#6059CE #9B59CE #CE59C7

triadic

#9B59CE #CE9B59 #59CE9B

tetradic

#9B59CE #CE6059 #8CCE59 #59C7CE

square

#9B59CE #CE6059 #8CCE59 #59C7CE

split-complementary

#9B59CE #C7CE59 #59CE60

monochromatic

#5C2785 #7D35B5 #9B59CE #B788DC #D4B8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#9B59CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#9B59CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B59CE

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B59CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B59CE	1.00	4.45	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F75D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4878CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#936F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b59ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 89, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.179 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8bdd',
    500: '#9b59ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b59ce;
$custom-light: #bc8bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b59ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.846,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59101,
    "c": 0.17932,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B59CE

secondary

#BED9AA

accent

#DE4A8A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B59CE

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

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