#9B5CDC#9B5CDC

#9B5CDC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.191 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5CDC
RGB	rgb(155, 92, 220)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(270, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 58.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.60, 50.04, -56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.60, 75.10, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% 0.1065 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.191 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2601, 19.7903, 69.9220)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5CDC #9DDC5C

analogous

#5C5DDC #9B5CDC #DB5CDC

triadic

#9B5CDC #DC9B5C #5CDC9B

tetradic

#9B5CDC #DC5C5D #9DDC5C #5CDCDB

square

#9B5CDC #DC5C5D #9DDC5C #5CDCDB

split-complementary

#9B5CDC #DCDB5C #5DDC5C

monochromatic

#5E229C #7C2CCE #9B5CDC #BA8EE7 #D9C1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#9B5CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#9B5CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5CDC

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5CDC	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2279E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7BD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 92, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.191 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8de7',
    500: '#9b5cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5cdc;
$custom-light: #bc8de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.531,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60406,
    "c": 0.19076,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5CDC

secondary

#CAE2B2

accent

#CC1974

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5CDC

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

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