#9B5BE7#9B5BE7

#9B5BE7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.205 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5BE7
RGB	rgb(155, 91, 231)
HSL	hsl(267, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(267, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 60.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, 53.20, -61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 81.26, 310.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.98% 0.1074 -0.1742)
OKLCH	oklch(60.98% 0.205 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6791, 20.2201, 77.8197)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5BE7 #A7E75B

analogous

#5B61E7 #9B5BE7 #E15BE7

triadic

#9B5BE7 #E79B5B #5BE79B

tetradic

#9B5BE7 #E75B61 #A7E75B #5BE7E1

square

#9B5BE7 #E75B61 #A7E75B #5BE7E1

split-complementary

#9B5BE7 #E7E15B #61E75B

monochromatic

#5D19AE #7A26DF #9B5BE7 #BC90EF #DCC6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#9B5BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#9B5BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5BE7

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5BE7	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F7CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 91, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.205 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8cef',
    500: '#9b5be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5be7;
$custom-light: #bd8cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.429,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60978,
    "c": 0.20467,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5BE7

secondary

#D1E8B6

accent

#D70F7B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5BE7

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

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