#9B5EBE#9B5EBE

#9B5EBE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.153 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5EBE
RGB	rgb(155, 94, 190)
HSL	hsl(278, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(278, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 50.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.33, 42.04, -40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.33, 58.63, 315.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% 0.1023 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.153 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8129, 18.6922, 50.9007)
Luminance	0.1869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5EBE #81BE5E

analogous

#6B5EBE #9B5EBE #BE5EB1

triadic

#9B5EBE #BE9B5E #5EBE9B

tetradic

#9B5EBE #BE6B5E #81BE5E #5EB1BE

square

#9B5EBE #BE6B5E #81BE5E #5EB1BE

split-complementary

#9B5EBE #B1BE5E #5EBE6B

monochromatic

#5A2E73 #7C409F #9B5EBE #B68AD0 #D1B5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#9B5EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#9B5EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5EBE

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5EBE	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4775C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5979BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 94, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.153 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8dd2',
    500: '#9b5ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5ebe;
$custom-light: #ba8dd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.125,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58924,
    "c": 0.15322,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5EBE

secondary

#B6D0A8

accent

#D25683

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#120C14

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5EBE

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

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