#9B5BEA#9B5BEA

#9B5BEA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.208 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5BEA
RGB	rgb(155, 91, 234)
HSL	hsl(267, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(267, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 61.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, 53.93, -62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 82.78, 310.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% 0.1073 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.208 301)
XYZ	xyz(32.1064, 20.3911, 80.0703)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5BEA #AAEA5B

analogous

#5B62EA #9B5BEA #E25BEA

triadic

#9B5BEA #EA9B5B #5BEA9B

tetradic

#9B5BEA #EA5B62 #AAEA5B #5BEAE2

square

#9B5BEA #EA5B62 #AAEA5B #5BEAE2

split-complementary

#9B5BEA #EAE25B #62EA5B

monochromatic

#5D17B4 #7A25E3 #9B5BEA #BC91F1 #DDC8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#9B5BEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#9B5BEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5BEA

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5BEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5BEA	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A7CE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5bea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 91, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.208 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8cf1',
    500: '#9b5bea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5bea;
$custom-light: #bd8cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5bea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.853,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61178,
    "c": 0.20806,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.20391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5BEA

secondary

#D3EAB7

accent

#DA0C7E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5BEA

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

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