#9E59CD#9E59CD

#9E59CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.179 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E59CD
RGB	rgb(158, 89, 205)
HSL	hsl(276, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(276, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, 48.86, -49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 69.36, 314.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% 0.1138 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.179 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6902, 18.8221, 59.8674)
Luminance	0.1882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E59CD #88CD59

analogous

#6459CD #9E59CD #CD59C2

triadic

#9E59CD #CD9E59 #59CD9E

tetradic

#9E59CD #CD6459 #88CD59 #59C2CD

square

#9E59CD #CD6459 #88CD59 #59C2CD

split-complementary

#9E59CD #C2CD59 #59CD64

monochromatic

#5F2884 #8036B3 #9E59CD #B988DB #D5B7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#9E59CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#9E59CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E59CD

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E59CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E59CD	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3275D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C79CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e59cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 89, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.179 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8bdd',
    500: '#9e59cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e59cd;
$custom-light: #be8bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e59cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.69,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5938,
    "c": 0.17916,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E59CD

secondary

#BCD8AA

accent

#DD4B86

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E59CD

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

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