#9B85EE#9B85EE

#9B85EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.152 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B85EE
RGB	rgb(155, 133, 238)
HSL	hsl(253, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(253, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 44.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, 31.77, -50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 59.38, 302.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% 0.0556 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.152 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3337, 29.9158, 84.6797)
Luminance	0.2992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B85EE #D8EE85

analogous

#85A4EE #9B85EE #CF85EE

triadic

#9B85EE #EE9B85 #85EE9B

tetradic

#9B85EE #EE85A4 #D8EE85 #85EECF

square

#9B85EE #EE85A4 #D8EE85 #85EECF

split-complementary

#9B85EE #EECF85 #A4EE85

monochromatic

#461EDA #6F4FE7 #9B85EE #C7BBF5 #E9E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#9B85EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#9B85EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B85EE

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B85EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B85EE	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6296F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6493EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8799AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b85ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 133, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.152 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca8f4',
    500: '#9b85ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b85ee;
$custom-light: #bca8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b85ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.571,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68151,
    "c": 0.15176,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B85EE

secondary

#EDF3D8

accent

#D80EAD

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F7F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B85EE

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

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