#9B5AE3#9B5AE3

#9B5AE3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.202 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5AE3
RGB	rgb(155, 90, 227)
HSL	hsl(268, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(268, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 60.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.64, 52.75, -59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.64, 79.81, 311.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% 0.1088 -0.1697)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.202 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0357, 19.8269, 74.8501)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5AE3 #A2E35A

analogous

#5A5EE3 #9B5AE3 #DF5AE3

triadic

#9B5AE3 #E39B5A #5AE39B

tetradic

#9B5AE3 #E35A5E #A2E35A #5AE3DF

square

#9B5AE3 #E35A5E #A2E35A #5AE3DF

split-complementary

#9B5AE3 #E3DF5A #5EE35A

monochromatic

#5E1CA6 #7B26DA #9B5AE3 #BB8EEC #DAC3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#9B5AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#9B5AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5AE3

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5AE3	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#017AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#337BE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 90, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.202 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8cec',
    500: '#9b5ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5ae3;
$custom-light: #bd8cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.467,
    "s": 70.984,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60574,
    "c": 0.20155,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5AE3

secondary

#CEE6B3

accent

#D31278

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5AE3

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

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