#9B5ACE#9B5ACE

#9B5ACE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.178 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5ACE
RGB	rgb(155, 90, 206)
HSL	hsl(274, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 56.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.38, 47.81, -49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.38, 69.17, 313.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.1088 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.178 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3121, 18.7375, 60.5058)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5ACE #8DCE5A

analogous

#615ACE #9B5ACE #CE5AC7

triadic

#9B5ACE #CE9B5A #5ACE9B

tetradic

#9B5ACE #CE615A #8DCE5A #5AC7CE

square

#9B5ACE #CE615A #8DCE5A #5AC7CE

split-complementary

#9B5ACE #C7CE5A #5ACE61

monochromatic

#5C2886 #7D36B5 #9B5ACE #B889DC #D4B8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#9B5ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#9B5ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5ACE

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5ACE	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3175D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A79CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93708B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 90, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.178 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8bdd',
    500: '#9b5ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5ace;
$custom-light: #bb8bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.621,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59247,
    "c": 0.17781,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5ACE

secondary

#BFD9AB

accent

#DE4A8B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5ACE

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

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