#9B5CD2#9B5CD2

#9B5CD2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.179 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5CD2
RGB	rgb(155, 92, 210)
HSL	hsl(272, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 56.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, 47.68, -51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 70.01, 312.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% 0.1064 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.179 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9751, 19.2763, 63.1545)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5CD2 #93D25C

analogous

#605CD2 #9B5CD2 #D25CCE

triadic

#9B5CD2 #D29B5C #5CD29B

tetradic

#9B5CD2 #D2605C #93D25C #5CCED2

square

#9B5CD2 #D2605C #93D25C #5CCED2

split-complementary

#9B5CD2 #CED25C #5CD260

monochromatic

#5D278D #7D34BD #9B5CD2 #B88CDF #D6BCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#9B5CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#9B5CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5CD2

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5CD2	1.00	4.33	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3177D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#487ACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92728E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 92, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.179 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8de0',
    500: '#9b5cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5cd2;
$custom-light: #bc8de0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.034,
    "s": 56.731,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59783,
    "c": 0.17933,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5CD2

secondary

#C3DCAE

accent

#E0488F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5CD2

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

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