#9C59E7#9C59E7

#9C59E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.208 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C59E7
RGB	rgb(156, 89, 231)
HSL	hsl(268, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 61.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 54.44, -61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 82.40, 311.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% 0.111 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.208 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7031, 19.9821, 77.7725)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C59E7 #A4E759

analogous

#595DE7 #9C59E7 #E359E7

triadic

#9C59E7 #E79C59 #59E79C

tetradic

#9C59E7 #E7595D #A4E759 #59E7E3

square

#9C59E7 #E7595D #A4E759 #59E7E3

split-complementary

#9C59E7 #E7E359 #5DE759

monochromatic

#5F19AD #7C24DF #9C59E7 #BC8EEF #DCC4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#9C59E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#9C59E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C59E7

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C59E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C59E7	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D7BE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c59e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 89, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.208 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8bef',
    500: '#9c59e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c59e7;
$custom-light: #be8bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c59e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.31,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60808,
    "c": 0.20761,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C59E7

secondary

#CFE8B4

accent

#D70F78

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C59E7

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

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