#9B5AEA#9B5AEA

#9B5AEA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.209 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5AEA
RGB	rgb(155, 90, 234)
HSL	hsl(267, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(267, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 61.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, 54.44, -63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 83.35, 310.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.1084 -0.1792)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.209 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0215, 20.2212, 80.0420)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5AEA #A9EA5A

analogous

#5A61EA #9B5AEA #E35AEA

triadic

#9B5AEA #EA9B5A #5AEA9B

tetradic

#9B5AEA #EA5A61 #A9EA5A #5AEAE3

square

#9B5AEA #EA5A61 #A9EA5A #5AEAE3

split-complementary

#9B5AEA #EAE35A #61EA5A

monochromatic

#5D17B3 #7A24E3 #9B5AEA #BC90F1 #DDC7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#9B5AEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#9B5AEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5AEA

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5AEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5AEA	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#287BE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B799A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5aea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 90, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.209 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8cf1',
    500: '#9b5aea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5aea;
$custom-light: #bd8cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5aea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.083,
    "s": 77.419,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6104,
    "c": 0.20942,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5AEA

secondary

#D2E9B6

accent

#DA0C7D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5AEA

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

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