#9E59CE#9E59CE

#9E59CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.180 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E59CE
RGB	rgb(158, 89, 206)
HSL	hsl(275, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(275, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 56.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, 49.08, -49.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 69.86, 314.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% 0.1139 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.18 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8113, 18.8706, 60.5052)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E59CE #89CE59

analogous

#6359CE #9E59CE #CE59C3

triadic

#9E59CE #CE9E59 #59CE9E

tetradic

#9E59CE #CE6359 #89CE59 #59C3CE

square

#9E59CE #CE6359 #89CE59 #59C3CE

split-complementary

#9E59CE #C3CE59 #59CE63

monochromatic

#5F2785 #8035B5 #9E59CE #BA88DC #D5B8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#9E59CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#9E59CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E59CE

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E59CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E59CE	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3175D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B79CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e59ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 89, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.180 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8bdd',
    500: '#9e59ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e59ce;
$custom-light: #be8bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e59ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.385,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5944,
    "c": 0.18027,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E59CE

secondary

#BDD9AA

accent

#DE4A87

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E59CE

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

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