#9B5CD7#9B5CD7

#9B5CD7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.185 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5CD7
RGB	rgb(155, 92, 215)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(271, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 57.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, 48.85, -53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 72.55, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.1065 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.185 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6078, 19.5293, 66.4866)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5CD7 #98D75C

analogous

#5E5CD7 #9B5CD7 #D75CD5

triadic

#9B5CD7 #D79B5C #5CD79B

tetradic

#9B5CD7 #D75E5C #98D75C #5CD5D7

square

#9B5CD7 #D75E5C #98D75C #5CD5D7

split-complementary

#9B5CD7 #D5D75C #5CD75E

monochromatic

#5E2494 #7D30C5 #9B5CD7 #B98DE3 #D7BEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#9B5CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#9B5CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5CD7

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5CD7	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A78DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 92, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.185 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8de4',
    500: '#9b5cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5cd7;
$custom-light: #bc8de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.732,
    "s": 60.591,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60091,
    "c": 0.18505,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5CD7

secondary

#C7DFB0

accent

#C81D71

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5CD7

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

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