#9B59DB#9B59DB

#9B59DB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.194 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B59DB
RGB	rgb(155, 89, 219)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 59.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.95, 51.36, -56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.95, 76.33, 312.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% 0.1102 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.194 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8733, 19.2279, 69.1417)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B59DB #99DB59

analogous

#5A59DB #9B59DB #DB59DA

triadic

#9B59DB #DB9B59 #59DB9B

tetradic

#9B59DB #DB5A59 #99DB59 #59DADB

square

#9B59DB #DB5A59 #99DB59 #59DADB

split-complementary

#9B59DB #DADB59 #59DB5A

monochromatic

#5E2199 #7D2CCB #9B59DB #B98BE6 #D8BEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#9B59DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#9B59DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B59DB

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B59DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B59DB	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1978DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C79D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b59db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 89, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.194 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8be7',
    500: '#9b59db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b59db;
$custom-light: #bc8be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b59db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.462,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59914,
    "c": 0.19396,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B59DB

secondary

#C8E1AF

accent

#CC1971

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B59DB

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

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