#9B5ADD#9B5ADD

#9B5ADD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.195 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5ADD
RGB	rgb(155, 90, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(270, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 59.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.27, 51.32, -57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.27, 76.77, 311.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% 0.1089 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.195 304)
XYZ	xyz(30.2220, 19.5014, 70.5646)
Luminance	0.1950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5ADD #9CDD5A

analogous

#5A5ADD #9B5ADD #DC5ADD

triadic

#9B5ADD #DD9B5A #5ADD9B

tetradic

#9B5ADD #DD5A5A #9CDD5A #5ADDDC

square

#9B5ADD #DD5A5A #9CDD5A #5ADDDC

split-complementary

#9B5ADD #DDDC5A #5ADD5A

monochromatic

#5E209C #7C2BCF #9B5ADD #BA8DE7 #D9BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#9B5ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#9B5ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5ADD

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5ADD	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1879E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7ADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 90, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.195 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8be8',
    500: '#9b5add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5add;
$custom-light: #bc8be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.771,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60184,
    "c": 0.19478,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.19501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5ADD

secondary

#CAE2B1

accent

#CE1873

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5ADD

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

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