#9B59CF#9B59CF

#9B59CF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.180 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B59CF
RGB	rgb(155, 89, 207)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 57%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.24, 48.56, -50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.24, 70.26, 313.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.1101 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.18 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3501, 18.6187, 61.1196)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B59CF #8DCF59

analogous

#6059CF #9B59CF #CF59C8

triadic

#9B59CF #CF9B59 #59CF9B

tetradic

#9B59CF #CF6059 #8DCF59 #59C8CF

square

#9B59CF #CF6059 #8DCF59 #59C8CF

split-complementary

#9B59CF #C8CF59 #59CF60

monochromatic

#5C2787 #7D35B6 #9B59CF #B888DD #D4B8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#9B59CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#9B59CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B59CF

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B59CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B59CF	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E75D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4878CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#936F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b59cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 89, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.180 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8bde',
    500: '#9b59cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b59cf;
$custom-light: #bc8bde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b59cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.559,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59162,
    "c": 0.18044,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B59CF

secondary

#BFD9AA

accent

#DE498B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B59CF

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

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