#9D59CE#9D59CE

#9D59CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.180 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D59CE
RGB	rgb(157, 89, 206)
HSL	hsl(275, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(275, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 56.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 48.83, -49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 69.83, 314.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.1126 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.18 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6154, 18.7695, 60.4960)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D59CE #8ACE59

analogous

#6259CE #9D59CE #CE59C4

triadic

#9D59CE #CE9D59 #59CE9D

tetradic

#9D59CE #CE6259 #8ACE59 #59C4CE

square

#9D59CE #CE6259 #8ACE59 #59C4CE

split-complementary

#9D59CE #C4CE59 #59CE62

monochromatic

#5E2785 #7F35B5 #9D59CE #B988DC #D5B8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#9D59CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#9D59CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D59CE

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D59CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D59CE	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3075D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A79CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d59ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 89, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.180 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8bdd',
    500: '#9d59ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d59ce;
$custom-light: #bd8bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d59ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.872,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59326,
    "c": 0.17995,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D59CE

secondary

#BED9AA

accent

#DE4A88

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D59CE

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

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