#9B5BDC#9B5BDC

#9B5BDC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.192 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5BDC
RGB	rgb(155, 91, 220)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(270, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 58.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, 50.56, -56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 75.68, 311.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.1077 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.192 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1740, 19.6181, 69.8933)
Luminance	0.1962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5BDC #9CDC5B

analogous

#5B5BDC #9B5BDC #DB5BDC

triadic

#9B5BDC #DC9B5B #5BDC9B

tetradic

#9B5BDC #DC5B5B #9CDC5B #5BDCDB

square

#9B5BDC #DC5B5B #9CDC5B #5BDCDB

split-complementary

#9B5BDC #DCDB5B #5BDC5B

monochromatic

#5E219B #7C2CCE #9B5BDC #BA8DE7 #D9C0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#9B5BDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#9B5BDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5BDC

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5BDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5BDC	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F79E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D7AD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5bdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 91, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.192 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8ce7',
    500: '#9b5bdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5bdc;
$custom-light: #bc8ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5bdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.767,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60262,
    "c": 0.19221,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5BDC

secondary

#CAE2B1

accent

#CD1973

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5BDC

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

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