#9B5AE6#9B5AE6

#9B5AE6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.205 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5AE6
RGB	rgb(155, 90, 230)
HSL	hsl(268, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 60.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 53.47, -61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 81.33, 311.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% 0.1086 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.205 302)
XYZ	xyz(31.4533, 19.9940, 77.0497)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5AE6 #A5E65A

analogous

#5A5FE6 #9B5AE6 #E15AE6

triadic

#9B5AE6 #E69B5A #5AE69B

tetradic

#9B5AE6 #E65A5F #A5E65A #5AE6E1

square

#9B5AE6 #E65A5F #A5E65A #5AE6E1

split-complementary

#9B5AE6 #E6E15A #5FE65A

monochromatic

#5E1AAC #7B25DE #9B5AE6 #BB8FEE #DBC4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#9B5AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#9B5AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5AE6

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5AE6	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F7BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 90, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.205 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8cef',
    500: '#9b5ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5ae6;
$custom-light: #bd8cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.857,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60772,
    "c": 0.20492,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.19994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5AE6

secondary

#D0E7B5

accent

#D6107A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5AE6

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

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