#9B5AEE#9B5AEE

#9B5AEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.214 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5AEE
RGB	rgb(155, 90, 238)
HSL	hsl(266, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(266, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 62.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, 55.41, -64.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 85.36, 310.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% 0.1082 -0.1845)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.214 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6026, 20.4537, 83.1027)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5AEE #ADEE5A

analogous

#5A63EE #9B5AEE #E55AEE

triadic

#9B5AEE #EE9B5A #5AEE9B

tetradic

#9B5AEE #EE5A63 #ADEE5A #5AEEE5

square

#9B5AEE #EE5A63 #ADEE5A #5AEEE5

split-complementary

#9B5AEE #EEE55A #63EE5A

monochromatic

#5D13BA #7923E8 #9B5AEE #BD91F4 #DEC9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#9B5AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#9B5AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5AEE

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5AEE	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F7CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 90, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.214 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8cf4',
    500: '#9b5aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5aee;
$custom-light: #be8cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.351,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61311,
    "c": 0.2139,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5AEE

secondary

#D5ECB8

accent

#DE0880

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5AEE

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

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