#9C59CD#9C59CD

#9C59CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.179 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C59CD
RGB	rgb(156, 89, 205)
HSL	hsl(275, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(275, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.24, 48.36, -49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.24, 69.29, 314.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.1113 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.179 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2999, 18.6209, 59.8491)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C59CD #8ACD59

analogous

#6259CD #9C59CD #CD59C4

triadic

#9C59CD #CD9C59 #59CD9C

tetradic

#9C59CD #CD6259 #8ACD59 #59C4CD

square

#9C59CD #CD6259 #8ACD59 #59C4CD

split-complementary

#9C59CD #C4CD59 #59CD62

monochromatic

#5D2884 #7E36B3 #9C59CD #B888DB #D4B7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#9C59CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#9C59CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C59CD

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C59CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C59CD	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3175D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A78CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c59cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 89, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.179 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8bdd',
    500: '#9c59cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c59cd;
$custom-light: #bc8bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c59cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.655,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59153,
    "c": 0.17851,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C59CD

secondary

#BDD8AA

accent

#DD4B89

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C59CD

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

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