#9B5BE6#9B5BE6

#9B5BE6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.204 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5BE6
RGB	rgb(155, 91, 230)
HSL	hsl(268, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 60.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 52.96, -60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 80.75, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% 0.1075 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.204 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5382, 20.1638, 77.0780)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5BE6 #A6E65B

analogous

#5B60E6 #9B5BE6 #E15BE6

triadic

#9B5BE6 #E69B5B #5BE69B

tetradic

#9B5BE6 #E65B60 #A6E65B #5BE6E1

square

#9B5BE6 #E65B60 #A6E65B #5BE6E1

split-complementary

#9B5BE6 #E6E15B #60E65B

monochromatic

#5E1AAC #7B26DE #9B5BE6 #BB90EE #DCC5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#9B5BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#9B5BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5BE6

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5BE6	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#307BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 91, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.204 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8cef',
    500: '#9b5be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5be6;
$custom-light: #bd8cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.626,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60911,
    "c": 0.20354,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5BE6

secondary

#D0E7B5

accent

#D6107B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5BE6

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

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