#9B5BE3#9B5BE3

#9B5BE3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.200 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5BE3
RGB	rgb(155, 91, 227)
HSL	hsl(268, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(268, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 59.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 52.23, -59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 79.23, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% 0.1076 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.2 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1206, 19.9968, 74.8784)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5BE3 #A3E35B

analogous

#5B5FE3 #9B5BE3 #DF5BE3

triadic

#9B5BE3 #E39B5B #5BE39B

tetradic

#9B5BE3 #E35B5F #A3E35B #5BE3DF

square

#9B5BE3 #E35B5F #A3E35B #5BE3DF

split-complementary

#9B5BE3 #E3DF5B #5FE35B

monochromatic

#5E1DA7 #7B27DA #9B5BE3 #BB8FEC #DBC4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#9B5BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#9B5BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5BE3

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5BE3	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#097AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357BE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 91, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.200 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8cec',
    500: '#9b5be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5be3;
$custom-light: #bd8cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60714,
    "c": 0.20014,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5BE3

secondary

#CEE6B4

accent

#D31378

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5BE3

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

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