#9B5CDD#9B5CDD

#9B5CDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.192 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5CDD
RGB	rgb(155, 92, 221)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(269, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 58.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, 50.28, -56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 75.61, 311.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.1065 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.192 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3929, 19.8434, 70.6216)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5CDD #9EDD5C

analogous

#5C5EDD #9B5CDD #DB5CDD

triadic

#9B5CDD #DD9B5C #5CDD9B

tetradic

#9B5CDD #DD5C5E #9EDD5C #5CDDDB

square

#9B5CDD #DD5C5E #9EDD5C #5CDDDB

split-complementary

#9B5CDD #DDDB5C #5EDD5C

monochromatic

#5E219E #7C2BD0 #9B5CDD #BA8FE8 #D9C1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#9B5CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#9B5CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5CDD

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5CDD	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#207AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 92, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.192 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8de8',
    500: '#9b5cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5cdd;
$custom-light: #bc8de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.302,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60469,
    "c": 0.1919,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5CDD

secondary

#CBE3B2

accent

#CD1875

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5CDD

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

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