#9B5BEC#9B5BEC

#9B5BEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.210 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5BEC
RGB	rgb(155, 91, 236)
HSL	hsl(266, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(266, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 61.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.41, 54.41, -63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.41, 83.79, 310.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% 0.1072 -0.1809)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.21 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3953, 20.5067, 81.5921)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5BEC #ACEC5B

analogous

#5B64EC #9B5BEC #E45BEC

triadic

#9B5BEC #EC9B5B #5BEC9B

tetradic

#9B5BEC #EC5B64 #ACEC5B #5BECE4

square

#9B5BEC #EC5B64 #ACEC5B #5BECE4

split-complementary

#9B5BEC #ECE45B #64EC5B

monochromatic

#5D15B7 #7A24E6 #9B5BEC #BC92F2 #DEC9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#9B5BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#9B5BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5BEC

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5BEC	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#267CE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 91, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.210 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8cf3',
    500: '#9b5bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5bec;
$custom-light: #bd8cf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.483,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61312,
    "c": 0.21032,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5BEC

secondary

#D4EBB8

accent

#DC0A7F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5BEC

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

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