#9B5EEE#9B5EEE

#9B5EEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.209 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5EEE
RGB	rgb(155, 94, 238)
HSL	hsl(265, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(265, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 60.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, 53.35, -63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 83.10, 309.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.1037 -0.1809)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.209 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9491, 21.1467, 83.2182)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5EEE #B1EE5E

analogous

#5E69EE #9B5EEE #E35EEE

triadic

#9B5EEE #EE9B5E #5EEE9B

tetradic

#9B5EEE #EE5E69 #B1EE5E #5EEEE3

square

#9B5EEE #EE5E69 #B1EE5E #5EEEE3

split-complementary

#9B5EEE #EEE35E #69EE5E

monochromatic

#5C14BE #7927E8 #9B5EEE #BD95F4 #E0CDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#9B5EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#9B5EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5EEE

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5EEE	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#297EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 94, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.209 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8ef4',
    500: '#9b5eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5eee;
$custom-light: #bd8ef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.417,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61865,
    "c": 0.20851,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5EEE

secondary

#D8ECBB

accent

#DD0883

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5EEE

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

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