#9D59E6#9D59E6

#9D59E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.207 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D59E6
RGB	rgb(157, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(269, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(269, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, 54.42, -61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 81.90, 311.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.1124 -0.1735)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.207 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7567, 20.0260, 77.0399)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D59E6 #A2E659

analogous

#595CE6 #9D59E6 #E359E6

triadic

#9D59E6 #E69D59 #59E69D

tetradic

#9D59E6 #E6595C #A2E659 #59E6E3

square

#9D59E6 #E6595C #A2E659 #59E6E3

split-complementary

#9D59E6 #E6E359 #5CE659

monochromatic

#601AAB #7E24DE #9D59E6 #BC8EEE #DCC3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#9D59E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#9D59E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D59E6

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D59E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D59E6	1.00	4.20	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.20	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)

#007AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#307BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d59e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.207 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8bef',
    500: '#9d59e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d59e6;
$custom-light: #be8bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d59e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.936,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60849,
    "c": 0.2067,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D59E6

secondary

#CEE7B4

accent

#D61076

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D59E6

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

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