#9B5BBD#9B5BBD

#9B5BBD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.157 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5BBD
RGB	rgb(155, 91, 189)
HSL	hsl(279, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(279, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 51.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, 43.44, -41.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 59.98, 316.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% 0.1064 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.157 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4424, 18.1255, 50.2399)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5BBD #7DBD5B

analogous

#6A5BBD #9B5BBD #BD5BAE

triadic

#9B5BBD #BD9B5B #5BBD9B

tetradic

#9B5BBD #BD6A5B #7DBD5B #5BAEBD

square

#9B5BBD #BD6A5B #7DBD5B #5BAEBD

split-complementary

#9B5BBD #AEBD5B #5BBD6A

monochromatic

#592D70 #7C3F9C #9B5BBD #B687CF #D0B2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#9B5BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#9B5BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5BBD

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5BBD	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4373C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5778BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 91, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.157 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8cd1',
    500: '#9b5bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5bbd;
$custom-light: #bb8cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.184,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58406,
    "c": 0.157,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5BBD

secondary

#B4CFA5

accent

#D25581

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#120C14

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5BBD

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

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