#9B59E1#9B59E1

#9B59E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.201 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B59E1
RGB	rgb(155, 89, 225)
HSL	hsl(269, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(269, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 60.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 52.79, -59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 79.37, 311.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% 0.11 -0.1679)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.201 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6775, 19.5496, 73.3768)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B59E1 #9FE159

analogous

#595BE1 #9B59E1 #DF59E1

triadic

#9B59E1 #E19B59 #59E19B

tetradic

#9B59E1 #E1595B #9FE159 #59E1DF

square

#9B59E1 #E1595B #9FE159 #59E1DF

split-complementary

#9B59E1 #E1DF59 #5BE159

monochromatic

#5E1DA2 #7C27D6 #9B59E1 #BA8DEA #D9C1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#9B59E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#9B59E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B59E1

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B59E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B59E1	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0379E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b59e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 89, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.201 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8beb',
    500: '#9b59e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b59e1;
$custom-light: #bd8beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b59e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.118,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60303,
    "c": 0.2007,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B59E1

secondary

#CCE4B2

accent

#D11476

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B59E1

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

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