#9B5AE9#9B5AE9

#9B5AE9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.208 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5AE9
RGB	rgb(155, 90, 233)
HSL	hsl(267, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(267, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 61.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 54.20, -62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 82.84, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% 0.1085 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.208 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8782, 20.1639, 79.2876)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5AE9 #A8E95A

analogous

#5A60E9 #9B5AE9 #E35AE9

triadic

#9B5AE9 #E99B5A #5AE99B

tetradic

#9B5AE9 #E95A60 #A8E95A #5AE9E3

square

#9B5AE9 #E95A60 #A8E95A #5AE9E3

split-complementary

#9B5AE9 #E9E35A #60E95A

monochromatic

#5D18B1 #7A24E2 #9B5AE9 #BC90F0 #DCC6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#9B5AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#9B5AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5AE9

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5AE9	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#297BE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 90, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.208 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8cf1',
    500: '#9b5ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5ae9;
$custom-light: #bd8cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60973,
    "c": 0.20829,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5AE9

secondary

#D2E9B6

accent

#D90D7C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5AE9

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

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