#9E59EE#9E59EE

#9E59EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.216 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E59EE
RGB	rgb(158, 89, 238)
HSL	hsl(268, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(268, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 62.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 56.55, -64.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 85.91, 311.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% 0.1132 -0.1837)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.216 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1019, 20.5868, 83.1021)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E59EE #A9EE59

analogous

#595FEE #9E59EE #E859EE

triadic

#9E59EE #EE9E59 #59EE9E

tetradic

#9E59EE #EE595F #A9EE59 #59EEE8

square

#9E59EE #EE595F #A9EE59 #59EEE8

split-complementary

#9E59EE #EEE859 #5FEE59

monochromatic

#6013BA #7E21E8 #9E59EE #BE91F4 #DFC8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#9E59EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#9E59EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E59EE

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E59EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E59EE	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#237DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E799C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e59ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 89, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.216 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08bf4',
    500: '#9e59ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e59ee;
$custom-light: #c08bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e59ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.785,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61493,
    "c": 0.21575,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E59EE

secondary

#D3EBB7

accent

#DE087B

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E59EE

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

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