#9B85EC#9B85EC

#9B85EC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.149 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B85EC
RGB	rgb(155, 133, 236)
HSL	hsl(253, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(253, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 43.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, 31.25, -49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 58.30, 302.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% 0.0553 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.149 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0415, 29.7989, 83.1408)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B85EC #D6EC85

analogous

#85A2EC #9B85EC #CF85EC

triadic

#9B85EC #EC9B85 #85EC9B

tetradic

#9B85EC #EC85A2 #D6EC85 #85ECCF

square

#9B85EC #EC85A2 #D6EC85 #85ECCF

split-complementary

#9B85EC #ECCF85 #A2EC85

monochromatic

#4821D5 #7050E4 #9B85EC #C6BAF4 #E9E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#9B85EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#9B85EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B85EC

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B85EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B85EC	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6396F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6592EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8799AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b85ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 133, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.149 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba8f2',
    500: '#9b85ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b85ec;
$custom-light: #bba8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b85ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.816,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68041,
    "c": 0.14908,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B85EC

secondary

#EDF3D8

accent

#D510AB

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B85EC

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

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