#9C59CA#9C59CA

#9C59CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.175 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C59CA
RGB	rgb(156, 89, 202)
HSL	hsl(276, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(276, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 55.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 47.68, -48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 67.78, 314.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% 0.1112 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.175 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9413, 18.4774, 57.9602)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C59CA #87CA59

analogous

#6459CA #9C59CA #CA59C0

triadic

#9C59CA #CA9C59 #59CA9C

tetradic

#9C59CA #CA6459 #87CA59 #59C0CA

square

#9C59CA #CA6459 #87CA59 #59C0CA

split-complementary

#9C59CA #C0CA59 #59CA64

monochromatic

#5C2980 #7E38AE #9C59CA #B887D9 #D3B6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#9C59CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#9C59CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C59CA

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C59CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C59CA	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3474CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D78C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c59ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 89, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.175 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8bdb',
    500: '#9c59ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c59ca;
$custom-light: #bc8bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c59ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.575,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58973,
    "c": 0.17515,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C59CA

secondary

#BBD6A8

accent

#DB4D87

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C59CA

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

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