#9B5BE0#9B5BE0

#9B5BE0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.197 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5BE0
RGB	rgb(155, 91, 224)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(269, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 59.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, 51.51, -58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 77.71, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% 0.1077 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.197 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7101, 19.8326, 72.7167)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5BE0 #A0E05B

analogous

#5B5EE0 #9B5BE0 #DD5BE0

triadic

#9B5BE0 #E09B5B #5BE09B

tetradic

#9B5BE0 #E05B5E #A0E05B #5BE0DD

square

#9B5BE0 #E05B5E #A0E05B #5BE0DD

split-complementary

#9B5BE0 #E0DD5B #5EE05B

monochromatic

#5E1FA2 #7C28D5 #9B5BE0 #BA8EEA #DAC2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#9B5BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#9B5BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5BE0

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5BE0	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#157AE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397BDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 91, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.197 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8cea',
    500: '#9b5be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5be0;
$custom-light: #bd8cea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.872,
    "s": 68.205,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60519,
    "c": 0.19675,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5BE0

secondary

#CCE4B3

accent

#D01576

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5BE0

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

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