#9B5ABC#9B5ABC

#9B5ABC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.158 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5ABC
RGB	rgb(155, 90, 188)
HSL	hsl(280, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(280, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 52.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.39, 43.76, -41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.39, 60.09, 316.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% 0.1077 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.158 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2493, 17.9124, 49.6419)
Luminance	0.1791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5ABC #7BBC5A

analogous

#6A5ABC #9B5ABC #BC5AAC

triadic

#9B5ABC #BC9B5A #5ABC9B

tetradic

#9B5ABC #BC6A5A #7BBC5A #5AACBC

square

#9B5ABC #BC6A5A #7BBC5A #5AACBC

split-complementary

#9B5ABC #ACBC5A #5ABC6A

monochromatic

#592D6F #7B3F9A #9B5ABC #B586CE #D0B1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#9B5ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#9B5ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5ABC

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5ABC	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4272BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5677B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 90, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.158 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8bd0',
    500: '#9b5abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5abc;
$custom-light: #bb8bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.796,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58198,
    "c": 0.15751,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5ABC

secondary

#B2CEA4

accent

#D25680

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#120C14

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5ABC

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

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