#9B5DEA#9B5DEA

#9B5DEA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.205 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5DEA
RGB	rgb(155, 93, 234)
HSL	hsl(266, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(266, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 60.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, 52.89, -62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 81.64, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% 0.105 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.205 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2796, 20.7376, 80.1281)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5DEA #ACEA5D

analogous

#5D66EA #9B5DEA #E25DEA

triadic

#9B5DEA #EA9B5D #5DEA9B

tetradic

#9B5DEA #EA5D66 #ACEA5D #5DEAE2

square

#9B5DEA #EA5D66 #ACEA5D #5DEAE2

split-complementary

#9B5DEA #EAE25D #66EA5D

monochromatic

#5D17B5 #7A27E3 #9B5DEA #BC93F1 #DEC9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#9B5DEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#9B5DEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5DEA

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5DEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5DEA	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E7DE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5dea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 93, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.205 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8ef1',
    500: '#9b5dea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5dea;
$custom-light: #bd8ef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5dea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.383,
    "s": 77.049,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61457,
    "c": 0.20531,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5DEA

secondary

#D4EAB9

accent

#D90C7F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5DEA

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

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