#9B5E9B#9B5E9B

#9B5E9B is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.115 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5E9B
RGB	rgb(155, 94, 155)
HSL	hsl(300, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(300, 39%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.69, 34.71, -22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.69, 41.62, 326.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.0962 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.115 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4362, 17.3416, 33.1168)
Luminance	0.1734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5E9B #5E9B5E

analogous

#7D5E9B #9B5E9B #9B5E7D

triadic

#9B5E9B #9B9B5E #5E9B9B

tetradic

#9B5E9B #9B7D5E #5E9B5E #5E7D9B

square

#9B5E9B #9B7D5E #5E9B5E #5E7D9B

split-complementary

#9B5E9B #7D9B5E #5E9B7D

monochromatic

#4F304F #754775 #9B5E9B #B483B4 #CBA9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#9B5E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#9B5E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B5E9B

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B5E9B	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F6475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 94, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.115 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8db8',
    500: '#9b5e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5e9b;
$custom-light: #ba8db8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 24.498,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57167,
    "c": 0.11477,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5E9B

secondary

#9CB99C

accent

#C16767

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6F0F6

border

#D0CBD0

text

#120C11

muted

#817D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5E9B

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

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