#9B59EE#9B59EE

#9B59EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.215 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B59EE
RGB	rgb(155, 89, 238)
HSL	hsl(267, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(267, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 62.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, 55.92, -65.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 85.92, 310.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% 0.1093 -0.1854)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.215 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5188, 20.2861, 83.0747)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B59EE #ACEE59

analogous

#5962EE #9B59EE #E559EE

triadic

#9B59EE #EE9B59 #59EE9B

tetradic

#9B59EE #EE5962 #ACEE59 #59EEE5

square

#9B59EE #EE5962 #ACEE59 #59EEE5

split-complementary

#9B59EE #EEE559 #62EE59

monochromatic

#5D13BA #7A21E8 #9B59EE #BC91F4 #DEC8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#9B59EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#9B59EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B59EE

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B59EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B59EE	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C7BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b59ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 89, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.215 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8bf4',
    500: '#9b59ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b59ee;
$custom-light: #be8bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b59ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.577,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61175,
    "c": 0.21523,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B59EE

secondary

#D4EBB7

accent

#DE087F

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B59EE

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

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