#9E59EB#9E59EB

#9E59EB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.212 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E59EB
RGB	rgb(158, 89, 235)
HSL	hsl(268, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(268, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 62.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 55.83, -63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 84.41, 311.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% 0.1134 -0.1796)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.212 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6648, 20.4120, 80.8002)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E59EB #A6EB59

analogous

#595DEB #9E59EB #E759EB

triadic

#9E59EB #EB9E59 #59EB9E

tetradic

#9E59EB #EB595D #A6EB59 #59EBE7

square

#9E59EB #EB595D #A6EB59 #59EBE7

split-complementary

#9E59EB #EBE759 #5DEB59

monochromatic

#6016B4 #7E22E4 #9E59EB #BE90F2 #DEC6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#9E59EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#9E59EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E59EB

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E59EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E59EB	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#297CE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F789A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e59eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 89, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.212 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8bf2',
    500: '#9e59eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e59eb;
$custom-light: #bf8bf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e59eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.356,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6129,
    "c": 0.21244,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E59EB

secondary

#D1EAB6

accent

#DB0B78

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E59EB

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

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