#9D5BDD#9D5BDD

#9D5BDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.194 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5BDD
RGB	rgb(157, 91, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(270, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 58.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.69, 51.27, -56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.69, 76.22, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% 0.1103 -0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.194 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6940, 19.8709, 70.6110)
Luminance	0.1987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5BDD #9BDD5B

analogous

#5C5BDD #9D5BDD #DD5BDC

triadic

#9D5BDD #DD9D5B #5BDD9D

tetradic

#9D5BDD #DD5C5B #9BDD5B #5BDCDD

square

#9D5BDD #DD5C5B #9BDD5B #5BDCDD

split-complementary

#9D5BDD #DCDD5B #5BDD5C

monochromatic

#60219D #7F2BD0 #9D5BDD #BB8EE8 #DAC0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#9D5BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#9D5BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D5BDD

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D5BDD	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E79E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 91, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.194 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8ce8',
    500: '#9d5bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5bdd;
$custom-light: #be8ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.462,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60543,
    "c": 0.19382,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5BDD

secondary

#CAE2B1

accent

#CE1871

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5BDD

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

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