#9B5CDB#9B5CDB

#9B5CDB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.190 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5CDB
RGB	rgb(155, 92, 219)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(270, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 58%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, 49.80, -55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 74.59, 311.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% 0.1065 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.19 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1281, 19.7374, 69.2266)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5CDB #9CDB5C

analogous

#5C5CDB #9B5CDB #DB5CDB

triadic

#9B5CDB #DB9B5C #5CDB9B

tetradic

#9B5CDB #DB5C5C #9CDB5C #5CDBDB

square

#9B5CDB #DB5C5C #9CDB5C #5CDBDB

split-complementary

#9B5CDB #DBDB5C #5CDB5C

monochromatic

#5E229A #7C2DCD #9B5CDB #BA8EE6 #D9C0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#9B5CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#9B5CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5CDB

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5CDB	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2479DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 92, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.190 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8de7',
    500: '#9b5cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5cdb;
$custom-light: #bc8de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.764,
    "s": 63.819,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60342,
    "c": 0.18963,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5CDB

secondary

#CAE1B1

accent

#CC1A73

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5CDB

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

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