#9B5EE3#9B5EE3

#9B5EE3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.196 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5EE3
RGB	rgb(155, 94, 227)
HSL	hsl(268, 70%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 58.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, 50.67, -58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 77.50, 310.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% 0.104 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.196 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3822, 20.5200, 74.9656)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5EE3 #A6E35E

analogous

#5E63E3 #9B5EE3 #DD5EE3

triadic

#9B5EE3 #E39B5E #5EE39B

tetradic

#9B5EE3 #E35E63 #A6E35E #5EE3DD

square

#9B5EE3 #E35E63 #A6E35E #5EE3DD

split-complementary

#9B5EE3 #E3DD5E #63E35E

monochromatic

#5E1DA9 #7B2ADA #9B5EE3 #BB92EC #DCC6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#9B5EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#9B5EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5EE3

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5EE3	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A7CE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 94, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.196 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8eec',
    500: '#9b5ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5ee3;
$custom-light: #bd8eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.519,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61142,
    "c": 0.1959,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5EE3

secondary

#D0E6B6

accent

#D2137B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5EE3

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

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