#9B59E4#9B59E4

#9B59E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.204 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B59E4
RGB	rgb(155, 89, 228)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(268, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 61%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, 53.50, -60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 80.88, 311.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% 0.1099 -0.1719)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.204 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0903, 19.7147, 75.5511)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B59E4 #A2E459

analogous

#595DE4 #9B59E4 #E059E4

triadic

#9B59E4 #E49B59 #59E49B

tetradic

#9B59E4 #E4595D #A2E459 #59E4E0

square

#9B59E4 #E4595D #A2E459 #59E4E0

split-complementary

#9B59E4 #E4E059 #5DE459

monochromatic

#5E1BA7 #7B24DB #9B59E4 #BB8EED #DAC2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#9B59E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#9B59E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B59E4

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B59E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B59E4	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#307AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b59e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 89, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.204 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8bed',
    500: '#9b59e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b59e4;
$custom-light: #bd8bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b59e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.489,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60501,
    "c": 0.20406,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B59E4

secondary

#CEE6B3

accent

#D41178

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B59E4

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

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