#9B59E7#9B59E7

#9B59E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.207 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B59E7
RGB	rgb(155, 89, 231)
HSL	hsl(268, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 61.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, 54.22, -62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 82.40, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% 0.1097 -0.176)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.207 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5104, 19.8828, 77.7635)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B59E7 #A5E759

analogous

#595EE7 #9B59E7 #E259E7

triadic

#9B59E7 #E79B59 #59E79B

tetradic

#9B59E7 #E7595E #A5E759 #59E7E2

square

#9B59E7 #E7595E #A5E759 #59E7E2

split-complementary

#9B59E7 #E7E259 #5EE759

monochromatic

#5E19AD #7B24DF #9B59E7 #BB8EEF #DBC4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#9B59E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#9B59E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B59E7

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B59E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B59E7	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B7BE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b59e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 89, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.207 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8bef',
    500: '#9b59e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b59e7;
$custom-light: #bd8bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b59e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.887,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60701,
    "c": 0.20742,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B59E7

secondary

#D0E8B4

accent

#D70F7A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B59E7

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

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