#9B5FBE#9B5FBE

#9B5FBE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.152 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5FBE
RGB	rgb(155, 95, 190)
HSL	hsl(278, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(278, 50%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 50%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, 41.49, -40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 58.01, 315.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% 0.1009 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.152 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9024, 18.8712, 50.9305)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5FBE #82BE5F

analogous

#6B5FBE #9B5FBE #BE5FB1

triadic

#9B5FBE #BE9B5F #5FBE9B

tetradic

#9B5FBE #BE6B5F #82BE5F #5FB1BE

square

#9B5FBE #BE6B5F #82BE5F #5FB1BE

split-complementary

#9B5FBE #B1BE5F #5FBE6B

monochromatic

#5A2F74 #7C419F #9B5FBE #B68BD0 #D1B6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#9B5FBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#9B5FBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5FBE

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5FBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5FBE	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4875C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5fbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 95, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.152 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8ed2',
    500: '#9b5fbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5fbe;
$custom-light: #ba8ed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5fbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 42.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59081,
    "c": 0.15157,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5FBE

secondary

#B7D0A9

accent

#D25684

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#120C14

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5FBE

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

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