#9B5DEB#9B5DEB

#9B5DEB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.206 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5DEB
RGB	rgb(155, 93, 235)
HSL	hsl(266, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(266, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 60.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, 53.14, -62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 82.15, 310.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% 0.105 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.206 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4237, 20.7952, 80.8868)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5DEB #ADEB5D

analogous

#5D66EB #9B5DEB #E25DEB

triadic

#9B5DEB #EB9B5D #5DEB9B

tetradic

#9B5DEB #EB5D66 #ADEB5D #5DEBE2

square

#9B5DEB #EB5D66 #ADEB5D #5DEBE2

split-complementary

#9B5DEB #EBE25D #66EB5D

monochromatic

#5D17B7 #7927E4 #9B5DEB #BD93F2 #DECAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#9B5DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#9B5DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5DEB

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5DEB	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)

#007DF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C7DE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 93, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.206 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8ef2',
    500: '#9b5deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5deb;
$custom-light: #bd8ef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.197,
    "s": 78.022,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61524,
    "c": 0.20646,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5DEB

secondary

#D5EBB9

accent

#DA0B80

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5DEB

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

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