#9B5CE9#9B5CE9

#9B5CE9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.206 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5CE9
RGB	rgb(155, 92, 233)
HSL	hsl(267, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(267, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 60.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, 53.17, -62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 81.70, 310.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.1062 -0.176)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.206 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0492, 20.5059, 79.3446)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5CE9 #AAE95C

analogous

#5C63E9 #9B5CE9 #E25CE9

triadic

#9B5CE9 #E99B5C #5CE99B

tetradic

#9B5CE9 #E95C63 #AAE95C #5CE9E2

square

#9B5CE9 #E95C63 #AAE95C #5CE9E2

split-complementary

#9B5CE9 #E9E25C #63E95C

monochromatic

#5D18B3 #7A26E2 #9B5CE9 #BC92F0 #DDC8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#9B5CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#9B5CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5CE9

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5CE9	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D7CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 92, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.206 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8df1',
    500: '#9b5ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5ce9;
$custom-light: #bd8df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.809,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6125,
    "c": 0.20556,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5CE9

secondary

#D3E9B8

accent

#D80D7E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5CE9

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

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