#9E59E9#9E59E9

#9E59E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.210 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E59E9
RGB	rgb(158, 89, 233)
HSL	hsl(269, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(269, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 61.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 55.36, -62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 83.41, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% 0.1135 -0.177)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.21 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3775, 20.2970, 79.2870)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E59E9 #A4E959

analogous

#595CE9 #9E59E9 #E659E9

triadic

#9E59E9 #E99E59 #59E99E

tetradic

#9E59E9 #E9595C #A4E959 #59E9E6

square

#9E59E9 #E9595C #A4E959 #59E9E6

split-complementary

#9E59E9 #E9E659 #5CE959

monochromatic

#6117B0 #7E23E2 #9E59E9 #BE8FF0 #DDC5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#9E59E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#9E59E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E59E9

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E59E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E59E9	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)

#007BEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D7CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e59e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 89, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.210 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8bf1',
    500: '#9e59e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e59e9;
$custom-light: #bf8bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e59e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.75,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61156,
    "c": 0.21024,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E59E9

secondary

#D0E9B5

accent

#D90D77

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E59E9

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

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