#9E59BF#9E59BF

#9E59BF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.164 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E59BF
RGB	rgb(158, 89, 191)
HSL	hsl(281, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(281, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 53.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.71, 45.76, -42.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.71, 62.38, 317.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% 0.113 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.164 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0753, 18.1762, 51.3622)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E59BF #7ABF59

analogous

#6B59BF #9E59BF #BF59AD

triadic

#9E59BF #BF9E59 #59BF9E

tetradic

#9E59BF #BF6B59 #7ABF59 #59ADBF

square

#9E59BF #BF6B59 #7ABF59 #59ADBF

split-complementary

#9E59BF #ADBF59 #59BF6B

monochromatic

#5B2C72 #7F3D9E #9E59BF #B885D0 #D2B1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#9E59BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#9E59BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E59BF

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E59BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E59BF	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4072C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5678BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e59bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 89, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.164 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8ad3',
    500: '#9e59bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e59bf;
$custom-light: #bd8ad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e59bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.588,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58565,
    "c": 0.16368,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E59BF

secondary

#B2CFA4

accent

#D4547D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#120C14

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E59BF

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

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