#9C59DB#9C59DB

#9C59DB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.194 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C59DB
RGB	rgb(156, 89, 219)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(271, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 59.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.07, 51.60, -56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.07, 76.35, 312.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.1114 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.194 305)
XYZ	xyz(30.0661, 19.3273, 69.1507)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C59DB #98DB59

analogous

#5B59DB #9C59DB #DB59D9

triadic

#9C59DB #DB9C59 #59DB9C

tetradic

#9C59DB #DB5B59 #98DB59 #59D9DB

square

#9C59DB #DB5B59 #98DB59 #59D9DB

split-complementary

#9C59DB #D9DB59 #59DB5B

monochromatic

#5F2199 #7E2CCB #9C59DB #BA8BE6 #D8BEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#9C59DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#9C59DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C59DB

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C59DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C59DB	1.00	4.32	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B78DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D7AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c59db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 89, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.194 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8be7',
    500: '#9c59db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c59db;
$custom-light: #bd8be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c59db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.923,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60024,
    "c": 0.19421,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.19327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C59DB

secondary

#C7E1AF

accent

#CC1970

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C59DB

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

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