#9B59DE#9B59DE

#9B59DE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.197 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B59DE
RGB	rgb(155, 89, 222)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(270, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 59.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.14, 52.07, -57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.14, 77.85, 311.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% 0.1101 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.197 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2718, 19.3873, 71.2404)
Luminance	0.1939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B59DE #9CDE59

analogous

#5959DE #9B59DE #DD59DE

triadic

#9B59DE #DE9B59 #59DE9B

tetradic

#9B59DE #DE5959 #9CDE59 #59DEDD

square

#9B59DE #DE5959 #9CDE59 #59DEDD

split-complementary

#9B59DE #DEDD59 #59DE59

monochromatic

#5E1F9D #7C29D0 #9B59DE #BA8CE8 #D9BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#9B59DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#9B59DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B59DE

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B59DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B59DE	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1178E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387ADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b59de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 89, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.197 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8be9',
    500: '#9b59de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b59de;
$custom-light: #bc8be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b59de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.774,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60108,
    "c": 0.19733,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B59DE

secondary

#CAE2B0

accent

#CF1773

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B59DE

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

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