#9B5DEE#9B5DEE

#9B5DEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.210 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5DEE
RGB	rgb(155, 93, 238)
HSL	hsl(266, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(266, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 60.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.92, 53.87, -64.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.92, 83.67, 310.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% 0.1048 -0.1818)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.21 300)
XYZ	xyz(32.8608, 20.9700, 83.1887)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5DEE #B0EE5D

analogous

#5D68EE #9B5DEE #E35DEE

triadic

#9B5DEE #EE9B5D #5DEE9B

tetradic

#9B5DEE #EE5D68 #B0EE5D #5DEEE3

square

#9B5DEE #EE5D68 #B0EE5D #5DEEE3

split-complementary

#9B5DEE #EEE35D #68EE5D

monochromatic

#5C14BD #7926E8 #9B5DEE #BD94F4 #DFCCFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#9B5DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#9B5DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5DEE

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5DEE	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#267DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897C9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 93, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.210 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8ef4',
    500: '#9b5dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5dee;
$custom-light: #bd8ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.655,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61725,
    "c": 0.20987,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.2097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5DEE

secondary

#D7ECBB

accent

#DD0882

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5DEE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →