#9B5CEF#9B5CEF

#9B5CEF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.212 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5CEF
RGB	rgb(155, 92, 239)
HSL	hsl(266, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(266, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 61.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 54.63, -64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 84.74, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% 0.1059 -0.1841)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.212 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9209, 20.8546, 83.9355)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5CEF #B0EF5C

analogous

#5C67EF #9B5CEF #E45CEF

triadic

#9B5CEF #EF9B5C #5CEF9B

tetradic

#9B5CEF #EF5C67 #B0EF5C #5CEFE4

square

#9B5CEF #EF5C67 #B0EF5C #5CEFE4

split-complementary

#9B5CEF #EFE45C #67EF5C

monochromatic

#5C13BE #7924EA #9B5CEF #BD94F4 #DFCBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#9B5CEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#9B5CEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5CEF

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5CEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5CEF	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#227DEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897C9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5cef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 92, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.212 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8df5',
    500: '#9b5cef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5cef;
$custom-light: #be8df5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5cef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 82.123,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61653,
    "c": 0.21235,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5CEF

secondary

#D7ECBA

accent

#DF0782

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5CEF

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

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