#9B5BDD#9B5BDD

#9B5BDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.193 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5BDD
RGB	rgb(155, 91, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(270, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 58.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, 50.80, -56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 76.19, 311.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.1077 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.193 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3069, 19.6713, 70.5929)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5BDD #9DDD5B

analogous

#5B5CDD #9B5BDD #DC5BDD

triadic

#9B5BDD #DD9B5B #5BDD9B

tetradic

#9B5BDD #DD5B5C #9DDD5B #5BDDDC

square

#9B5BDD #DD5B5C #9DDD5B #5BDDDC

split-complementary

#9B5BDD #DDDC5B #5CDD5B

monochromatic

#5E219D #7C2BD0 #9B5BDD #BA8EE8 #D9C0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#9B5BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#9B5BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5BDD

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5BDD	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C79E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 91, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.193 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8ce8',
    500: '#9b5bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5bdd;
$custom-light: #bc8ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.538,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60326,
    "c": 0.19334,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5BDD

secondary

#CAE2B1

accent

#CE1874

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5BDD

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

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