#9B5AE4#9B5AE4

#9B5AE4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.203 H 302.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5AE4
RGB	rgb(155, 90, 228)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(268, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 60.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, 52.99, -60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 80.31, 311.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% 0.1087 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.203 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1741, 19.8823, 75.5791)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5AE4 #A3E45A

analogous

#5A5EE4 #9B5AE4 #E05AE4

triadic

#9B5AE4 #E49B5A #5AE49B

tetradic

#9B5AE4 #E45A5E #A3E45A #5AE4E0

square

#9B5AE4 #E45A5E #A3E45A #5AE4E0

split-complementary

#9B5AE4 #E4E05A #5EE45A

monochromatic

#5E1CA8 #7B25DB #9B5AE4 #BB8FED #DBC3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#9B5AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#9B5AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5AE4

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5AE4	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#327BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 90, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.203 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8ced',
    500: '#9b5ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5ae4;
$custom-light: #bd8ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.261,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6064,
    "c": 0.20267,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5AE4

secondary

#CEE6B4

accent

#D41278

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5AE4

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

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