#9B5CE5#9B5CE5

#9B5CE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.201 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5CE5
RGB	rgb(155, 92, 229)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 59.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, 52.20, -60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 79.67, 310.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% 0.1063 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.201 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4843, 20.2799, 76.3693)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5CE5 #A6E55C

analogous

#5C61E5 #9B5CE5 #DF5CE5

triadic

#9B5CE5 #E59B5C #5CE59B

tetradic

#9B5CE5 #E55C61 #A6E55C #5CE5DF

square

#9B5CE5 #E55C61 #A6E55C #5CE5DF

split-complementary

#9B5CE5 #E5DF5C #61E55C

monochromatic

#5E1BAB #7B27DD #9B5CE5 #BB91ED #DCC6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#9B5CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#9B5CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5CE5

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5CE5	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#077BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 92, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.201 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8dee',
    500: '#9b5ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5ce5;
$custom-light: #bd8dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.591,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60986,
    "c": 0.20101,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5CE5

secondary

#D0E7B6

accent

#D5117B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5CE5

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

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