#9B5EE7#9B5EE7

#9B5EE7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.201 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5EE7
RGB	rgb(155, 94, 231)
HSL	hsl(267, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(267, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 59.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, 51.64, -60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 79.54, 310.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% 0.1039 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.201 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9407, 20.7433, 77.9069)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5EE7 #AAE75E

analogous

#5E65E7 #9B5EE7 #DF5EE7

triadic

#9B5EE7 #E79B5E #5EE79B

tetradic

#9B5EE7 #E75E65 #AAE75E #5EE7DF

square

#9B5EE7 #E75E65 #AAE75E #5EE7DF

split-complementary

#9B5EE7 #E7DF5E #65E75E

monochromatic

#5D1AB0 #7A29DF #9B5EE7 #BC93EF #DDC9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#9B5EE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#9B5EE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5EE7

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5EE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5EE7	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D7DEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5ee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 94, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.201 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8eef',
    500: '#9b5ee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5ee7;
$custom-light: #bd8eef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5ee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.715,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61402,
    "c": 0.2005,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5EE7

secondary

#D3E9B8

accent

#D60F7E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5EE7

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

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