#9B5CEE#9B5CEE

#9B5CEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.211 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5CEE
RGB	rgb(155, 92, 238)
HSL	hsl(266, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(266, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 61.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 54.39, -64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 84.24, 310.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.106 -0.1827)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.211 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7736, 20.7956, 83.1597)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5CEE #AFEE5C

analogous

#5C66EE #9B5CEE #E45CEE

triadic

#9B5CEE #EE9B5C #5CEE9B

tetradic

#9B5CEE #EE5C66 #AFEE5C #5CEEE4

square

#9B5CEE #EE5C66 #AFEE5C #5CEEE4

split-complementary

#9B5CEE #EEE45C #66EE5C

monochromatic

#5C14BC #7925E8 #9B5CEE #BD93F4 #DFCBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#9B5CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#9B5CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5CEE

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5CEE	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#247DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897C9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 92, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.211 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8df4',
    500: '#9b5cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5cee;
$custom-light: #bd8df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.89,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61586,
    "c": 0.21122,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5CEE

secondary

#D6ECBA

accent

#DD0881

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5CEE

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

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