#9B5AE1#9B5AE1

#9B5AE1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.199 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5AE1
RGB	rgb(155, 90, 225)
HSL	hsl(269, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(269, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 60%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, 52.27, -58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 78.80, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% 0.1088 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.199 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7612, 19.7172, 73.4048)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5AE1 #A0E15A

analogous

#5A5DE1 #9B5AE1 #DF5AE1

triadic

#9B5AE1 #E19B5A #5AE19B

tetradic

#9B5AE1 #E15A5D #A0E15A #5AE1DF

square

#9B5AE1 #E15A5D #A0E15A #5AE1DF

split-complementary

#9B5AE1 #E1DF5A #5DE15A

monochromatic

#5E1EA3 #7C27D7 #9B5AE1 #BA8EEA #DAC2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#9B5AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#9B5AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5AE1

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5AE1	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B79E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#367ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 90, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.199 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8ceb',
    500: '#9b5ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5ae1;
$custom-light: #bd8ceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60443,
    "c": 0.1993,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5AE1

secondary

#CCE4B2

accent

#D11476

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5AE1

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

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