#9B5CE8#9B5CE8

#9B5CE8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.204 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5CE8
RGB	rgb(155, 92, 232)
HSL	hsl(267, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(267, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 60.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, 52.92, -61.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 81.20, 310.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% 0.1062 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.204 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9068, 20.4489, 78.5944)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5CE8 #A9E85C

analogous

#5C63E8 #9B5CE8 #E15CE8

triadic

#9B5CE8 #E89B5C #5CE89B

tetradic

#9B5CE8 #E85C63 #A9E85C #5CE8E1

square

#9B5CE8 #E85C63 #A9E85C #5CE8E1

split-complementary

#9B5CE8 #E8E15C #63E85C

monochromatic

#5D19B1 #7A26E0 #9B5CE8 #BC92F0 #DDC7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#9B5CE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#9B5CE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5CE8

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5CE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5CE8	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F7CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5ce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 92, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.204 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8df0',
    500: '#9b5ce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5ce8;
$custom-light: #bd8df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5ce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61184,
    "c": 0.20443,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5CE8

secondary

#D2E9B7

accent

#D70E7D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5CE8

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

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