#9B59E9#9B59E9

#9B59E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.210 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B59E9
RGB	rgb(155, 89, 233)
HSL	hsl(268, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 61.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 54.70, -62.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 83.40, 310.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% 0.1096 -0.1787)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.21 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7944, 19.9964, 79.2596)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B59E9 #A7E959

analogous

#595FE9 #9B59E9 #E359E9

triadic

#9B59E9 #E99B59 #59E99B

tetradic

#9B59E9 #E9595F #A7E959 #59E9E3

square

#9B59E9 #E9595F #A7E959 #59E9E3

split-complementary

#9B59E9 #E9E359 #5FE959

monochromatic

#5D17B0 #7A23E2 #9B59E9 #BC8FF0 #DCC5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#9B59E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#9B59E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B59E9

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B59E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B59E9	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#277BE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b59e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 89, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.210 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8bf1',
    500: '#9b59e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b59e9;
$custom-light: #bd8bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b59e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60835,
    "c": 0.20965,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B59E9

secondary

#D1E9B5

accent

#D90D7B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B59E9

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

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