#9C59CF#9C59CF

#9C59CF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.181 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C59CF
RGB	rgb(156, 89, 207)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 57%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 48.81, -50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 70.30, 313.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.1114 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.181 308)
XYZ	xyz(28.5429, 18.7181, 61.1287)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C59CF #8CCF59

analogous

#6159CF #9C59CF #CF59C7

triadic

#9C59CF #CF9C59 #59CF9C

tetradic

#9C59CF #CF6159 #8CCF59 #59C7CF

square

#9C59CF #CF6159 #8CCF59 #59C7CF

split-complementary

#9C59CF #C7CF59 #59CF61

monochromatic

#5D2787 #7E35B6 #9C59CF #B888DD #D5B8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#9C59CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#9C59CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C59CF

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C59CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C59CF	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F75D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4979CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c59cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 89, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.181 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8bde',
    500: '#9c59cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c59cf;
$custom-light: #bc8bde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c59cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.068,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59274,
    "c": 0.18075,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.18718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C59CF

secondary

#BFD9AA

accent

#DE498A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C59CF

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

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