#9B5BE5#9B5BE5

#9B5BE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.202 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5BE5
RGB	rgb(155, 91, 229)
HSL	hsl(268, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 60.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, 52.72, -60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 80.25, 311.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.1075 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.202 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3982, 20.1078, 76.3406)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5BE5 #A5E55B

analogous

#5B60E5 #9B5BE5 #E05BE5

triadic

#9B5BE5 #E59B5B #5BE59B

tetradic

#9B5BE5 #E55B60 #A5E55B #5BE5E0

square

#9B5BE5 #E55B60 #A5E55B #5BE5E0

split-complementary

#9B5BE5 #E5E05B #60E55B

monochromatic

#5E1BAB #7B26DD #9B5BE5 #BB90ED #DBC5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#9B5BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#9B5BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5BE5

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5BE5	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#327BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 91, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.202 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8cee',
    500: '#9b5be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5be5;
$custom-light: #bd8cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.826,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60845,
    "c": 0.20241,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5BE5

secondary

#D0E7B5

accent

#D5117A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5BE5

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

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