#9B5DEC#9B5DEC

#9B5DEC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.208 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5DEC
RGB	rgb(155, 93, 236)
HSL	hsl(266, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(266, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 60.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 53.38, -63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 82.65, 310.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.1049 -0.1791)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.208 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5686, 20.8532, 81.6498)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5DEC #AEEC5D

analogous

#5D67EC #9B5DEC #E35DEC

triadic

#9B5DEC #EC9B5D #5DEC9B

tetradic

#9B5DEC #EC5D67 #AEEC5D #5DECE3

square

#9B5DEC #EC5D67 #AEEC5D #5DECE3

split-complementary

#9B5DEC #ECE35D #67EC5D

monochromatic

#5C16B9 #7926E6 #9B5DEC #BD94F2 #DFCBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#9B5DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#9B5DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5DEC

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5DEC	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)

#007DF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A7DE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 93, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.208 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8ef3',
    500: '#9b5dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5dec;
$custom-light: #bd8ef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.014,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61591,
    "c": 0.2076,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5DEC

secondary

#D6EBBA

accent

#DB0A81

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5DEC

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

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