#9B5EDD#9B5EDD

#9B5EDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.189 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5EDD
RGB	rgb(155, 94, 221)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(269, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 57.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.06, 49.22, -55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.06, 74.43, 311.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% 0.104 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.189 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5685, 20.1945, 70.6801)
Luminance	0.2019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5EDD #A0DD5E

analogous

#5E61DD #9B5EDD #DB5EDD

triadic

#9B5EDD #DD9B5E #5EDD9B

tetradic

#9B5EDD #DD5E61 #A0DD5E #5EDDDB

square

#9B5EDD #DD5E61 #A0DD5E #5EDDDB

split-complementary

#9B5EDD #DDDB5E #61DD5E

monochromatic

#5E229F #7C2CD2 #9B5EDD #BA91E8 #DAC3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#9B5EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#9B5EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5EDD

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5EDD	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 94, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.189 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8ee8',
    500: '#9b5edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5edd;
$custom-light: #bc8ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.819,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60759,
    "c": 0.189,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5EDD

secondary

#CCE3B4

accent

#CD1976

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5EDD

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

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