#9B5CE4#9B5CE4

#9B5CE4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.200 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5CE4
RGB	rgb(155, 92, 228)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 59.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, 51.96, -59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 79.17, 311.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% 0.1064 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.2 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3450, 20.2242, 75.6361)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5CE4 #A5E45C

analogous

#5C61E4 #9B5CE4 #DF5CE4

triadic

#9B5CE4 #E49B5C #5CE49B

tetradic

#9B5CE4 #E45C61 #A5E45C #5CE4DF

square

#9B5CE4 #E45C61 #A5E45C #5CE4DF

split-complementary

#9B5CE4 #E4DF5C #61E45C

monochromatic

#5E1CAA #7B27DB #9B5CE4 #BB91ED #DBC5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#9B5CE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#9B5CE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5CE4

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5CE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5CE4	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C7BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5ce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 92, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.200 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8ded',
    500: '#9b5ce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5ce4;
$custom-light: #bd8ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5ce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.794,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60921,
    "c": 0.19988,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5CE4

secondary

#D0E7B5

accent

#D4127A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5CE4

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

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