#9B5CE7#9B5CE7

#9B5CE7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.203 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5CE7
RGB	rgb(155, 92, 231)
HSL	hsl(267, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(267, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 60.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, 52.68, -61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 80.69, 310.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% 0.1063 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.203 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7651, 20.3923, 77.8484)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5CE7 #A8E75C

analogous

#5C62E7 #9B5CE7 #E05CE7

triadic

#9B5CE7 #E79B5C #5CE79B

tetradic

#9B5CE7 #E75C62 #A8E75C #5CE7E0

square

#9B5CE7 #E75C62 #A8E75C #5CE7E0

split-complementary

#9B5CE7 #E7E05C #62E75C

monochromatic

#5D1AAF #7A27DF #9B5CE7 #BC91EF #DCC7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#9B5CE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#9B5CE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5CE7

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5CE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5CE7	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#317CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5ce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 92, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.203 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8def',
    500: '#9b5ce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5ce7;
$custom-light: #bd8def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5ce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.194,
    "s": 74.332,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61118,
    "c": 0.20329,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5CE7

secondary

#D2E8B7

accent

#D60F7C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5CE7

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

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