#9B59E6#9B59E6

#9B59E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.206 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B59E6
RGB	rgb(155, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(268, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.64, 53.98, -61.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.64, 81.89, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% 0.1098 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.206 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3695, 19.8264, 77.0218)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B59E6 #A4E659

analogous

#595EE6 #9B59E6 #E159E6

triadic

#9B59E6 #E69B59 #59E69B

tetradic

#9B59E6 #E6595E #A4E659 #59E6E1

square

#9B59E6 #E6595E #A4E659 #59E6E1

split-complementary

#9B59E6 #E6E159 #5EE659

monochromatic

#5E1AAB #7B24DE #9B59E6 #BB8EEE #DBC3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#9B59E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#9B59E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B59E6

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B59E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B59E6	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D7BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b59e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.206 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8bef',
    500: '#9b59e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b59e6;
$custom-light: #bd8bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b59e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.085,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60634,
    "c": 0.2063,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B59E6

secondary

#CFE7B4

accent

#D61079

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B59E6

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

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