#9C59E8#9C59E8

#9C59E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.209 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C59E8
RGB	rgb(156, 89, 232)
HSL	hsl(268, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 61.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, 54.68, -62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 82.90, 311.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% 0.111 -0.1768)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.209 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8448, 20.0388, 78.5185)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C59E8 #A5E859

analogous

#595DE8 #9C59E8 #E359E8

triadic

#9C59E8 #E89C59 #59E89C

tetradic

#9C59E8 #E8595D #A5E859 #59E8E3

square

#9C59E8 #E8595D #A5E859 #59E8E3

split-complementary

#9C59E8 #E8E359 #5DE859

monochromatic

#5F18AE #7C23E1 #9C59E8 #BC8FEF #DCC5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#9C59E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#9C59E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C59E8

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C59E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C59E8	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B7BE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c59e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 89, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.209 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8bf0',
    500: '#9c59e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c59e8;
$custom-light: #be8bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c59e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.112,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60875,
    "c": 0.20873,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C59E8

secondary

#D0E8B5

accent

#D80E79

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C59E8

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

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