#9D5EA5#9D5EA5

#9D5EA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.126 H 322.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D5EA5
RGB	rgb(157, 94, 165)
HSL	hsl(293, 28%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(293, 43%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 43%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.36, 37.32, -27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.36, 46.54, 323.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% 0.1009 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.126 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6981, 17.8911, 37.7424)
Luminance	0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D5EA5 #66A55E

analogous

#795EA5 #9D5EA5 #A55E89

triadic

#9D5EA5 #A59D5E #5EA59D

tetradic

#9D5EA5 #A5795E #66A55E #5E89A5

square

#9D5EA5 #A5795E #66A55E #5E89A5

split-complementary

#9D5EA5 #89A55E #5EA579

monochromatic

#533158 #79477F #9D5EA5 #B585BB #CDADD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#9D5EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#9D5EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D5EA5

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D5EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D5EA5	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5671A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6778A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F667A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d5ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 94, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.126 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8dc0',
    500: '#9d5ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d5ea5;
$custom-light: #bb8dc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d5ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.239,
    "s": 28.287,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57869,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D5EA5

secondary

#A3BFA0

accent

#C5636E

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6F0F7

border

#D0CBD0

text

#120C12

muted

#817D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D5EA5

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

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