#9B5BEE#9B5BEE

#9B5BEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.213 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5BEE
RGB	rgb(155, 91, 238)
HSL	hsl(266, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(266, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 61.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.53, 54.90, -64.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.53, 84.80, 310.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% 0.1071 -0.1836)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.213 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6875, 20.6235, 83.1310)
Luminance	0.2062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5BEE #AEEE5B

analogous

#5B65EE #9B5BEE #E45BEE

triadic

#9B5BEE #EE9B5B #5BEE9B

tetradic

#9B5BEE #EE5B65 #AEEE5B #5BEEE4

square

#9B5BEE #EE5B65 #AEEE5B #5BEEE4

split-complementary

#9B5BEE #EEE45B #65EE5B

monochromatic

#5C13BB #7924E8 #9B5BEE #BD92F4 #DFCAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#9B5BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#9B5BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5BEE

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5BEE	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#217CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 91, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.213 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8cf4',
    500: '#9b5bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5bee;
$custom-light: #be8cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.122,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61448,
    "c": 0.21257,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5BEE

secondary

#D6ECB9

accent

#DE0881

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5BEE

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

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