#9B5CF6#9B5CF6

#9B5CF6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.220 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5CF6
RGB	rgb(155, 92, 246)
HSL	hsl(265, 90%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 62.6%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, 56.36, -67.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 88.27, 309.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.1054 -0.1934)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.22 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9751, 21.2762, 89.4877)
Luminance	0.2128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5CF6 #B7F65C

analogous

#5C6AF6 #9B5CF6 #E85CF6

triadic

#9B5CF6 #F69B5C #5CF69B

tetradic

#9B5CF6 #F65C6A #B7F65C #5CF6E8

square

#9B5CF6 #F65C6A #B7F65C #5CF6E8

split-complementary

#9B5CF6 #F6E85C #6AF65C

monochromatic

#5A0BCC #7722F3 #9B5CF6 #BF96F9 #E2D0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#9B5CF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#9B5CF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5CF6

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5CF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5CF6	1.00	4.00	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#087EF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5cf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 92, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.220 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8dfa',
    500: '#9b5cf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5cf6;
$custom-light: #be8dfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5cf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.545,
    "s": 89.535,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62133,
    "c": 0.22023,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5CF6

secondary

#DBF0BE

accent

#E60088

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FF

border

#D1CBD7

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5CF6

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

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