#9D5BE5#9D5BE5

#9D5BE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.203 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5BE5
RGB	rgb(157, 91, 229)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(269, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 60.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, 53.16, -60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 80.26, 311.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% 0.1101 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.203 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7853, 20.3074, 76.3587)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5BE5 #A3E55B

analogous

#5B5EE5 #9D5BE5 #E25BE5

triadic

#9D5BE5 #E59D5B #5BE59D

tetradic

#9D5BE5 #E55B5E #A3E55B #5BE5E2

square

#9D5BE5 #E55B5E #A3E55B #5BE5E2

split-complementary

#9D5BE5 #E5E25B #5EE55B

monochromatic

#601BAB #7D26DD #9D5BE5 #BD90ED #DCC5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#9D5BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#9D5BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D5BE5

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D5BE5	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#037BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 91, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.203 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8cee',
    500: '#9d5be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5be5;
$custom-light: #be8cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61059,
    "c": 0.20282,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5BE5

secondary

#CFE7B5

accent

#D51177

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5BE5

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

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