#9E5BE3#9E5BE3

#9E5BE3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.201 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5BE3
RGB	rgb(158, 91, 227)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(270, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 59.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 52.91, -59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 79.27, 311.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.1114 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.201 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7036, 20.2974, 74.9057)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5BE3 #A0E35B

analogous

#5B5CE3 #9E5BE3 #E25BE3

triadic

#9E5BE3 #E39E5B #5BE39E

tetradic

#9E5BE3 #E35B5C #A0E35B #5BE3E2

square

#9E5BE3 #E35B5C #A0E35B #5BE3E2

split-complementary

#9E5BE3 #E3E25B #5CE35B

monochromatic

#611DA7 #7F27DA #9E5BE3 #BD8FEC #DCC4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#9E5BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#9E5BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E5BE3

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E5BE3	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)

#0F7BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 91, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.201 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8cec',
    500: '#9e5be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5be3;
$custom-light: #bf8cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.559,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61036,
    "c": 0.20079,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5BE3

secondary

#CDE6B4

accent

#D31374

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5BE3

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

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