#9B5BDB#9B5BDB

#9B5BDB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.191 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5BDB
RGB	rgb(155, 91, 219)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(270, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 58.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, 50.32, -55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 75.17, 312.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% 0.1077 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.191 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0420, 19.5653, 69.1979)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5BDB #9BDB5B

analogous

#5B5BDB #9B5BDB #DB5BDB

triadic

#9B5BDB #DB9B5B #5BDB9B

tetradic

#9B5BDB #DB5B5B #9BDB5B #5BDBDB

square

#9B5BDB #DB5B5B #9BDB5B #5BDBDB

split-complementary

#9B5BDB #DBDB5B #5BDB5B

monochromatic

#5E229A #7C2DCC #9B5BDB #BA8DE6 #D8BFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#9B5BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#9B5BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5BDB

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5BDB	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2179DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 91, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.191 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8ce7',
    500: '#9b5bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5bdb;
$custom-light: #bc8ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60198,
    "c": 0.19107,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5BDB

secondary

#C9E1B1

accent

#CC1A73

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5BDB

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

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