#9D59BB#9D59BB

#9D59BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.159 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D59BB
RGB	rgb(157, 89, 187)
HSL	hsl(282, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(282, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 52.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.38, 44.62, -40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.38, 60.34, 317.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% 0.1114 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.159 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4452, 17.9014, 49.0663)
Luminance	0.1790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D59BB #77BB59

analogous

#6C59BB #9D59BB #BB59A8

triadic

#9D59BB #BB9D59 #59BB9D

tetradic

#9D59BB #BB6C59 #77BB59 #59A8BB

square

#9D59BB #BB6C59 #77BB59 #59A8BB

split-complementary

#9D59BB #A8BB59 #59BB6C

monochromatic

#592D6D #7D3E98 #9D59BB #B784CD #D0B0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#9D59BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#9D59BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D59BB

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D59BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D59BB	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4271BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5877B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d59bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 89, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.159 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8ad0',
    500: '#9d59bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d59bb;
$custom-light: #bc8ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d59bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.633,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58225,
    "c": 0.15887,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D59BB

secondary

#B0CDA3

accent

#D2567C

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F7F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#120C14

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D59BB

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

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