#9C59BF#9C59BF

#9C59BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.163 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C59BF
RGB	rgb(156, 89, 191)
HSL	hsl(279, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(279, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 53.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.47, 45.22, -42.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.47, 62.26, 316.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% 0.1105 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.163 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6850, 17.9749, 51.3439)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C59BF #7CBF59

analogous

#6959BF #9C59BF #BF59AF

triadic

#9C59BF #BF9C59 #59BF9C

tetradic

#9C59BF #BF6959 #7CBF59 #59AFBF

square

#9C59BF #BF6959 #7CBF59 #59AFBF

split-complementary

#9C59BF #AFBF59 #59BF69

monochromatic

#5A2C72 #7D3D9E #9C59BF #B685D0 #D1B1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#9C59BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#9C59BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C59BF

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C59BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C59BF	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F72C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5477BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c59bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 89, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.163 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8ad3',
    500: '#9c59bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c59bf;
$custom-light: #bb8ad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c59bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.412,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58332,
    "c": 0.16287,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C59BF

secondary

#B3CFA4

accent

#D45480

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#120C14

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C59BF

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

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