#9E5BE5#9E5BE5

#9E5BE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.203 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5BE5
RGB	rgb(158, 91, 229)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(269, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 60.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 53.39, -59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 80.27, 311.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% 0.1114 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.203 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9813, 20.4084, 76.3679)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5BE5 #A2E55B

analogous

#5B5DE5 #9E5BE5 #E35BE5

triadic

#9E5BE5 #E59E5B #5BE59E

tetradic

#9E5BE5 #E55B5D #A2E55B #5BE5E3

square

#9E5BE5 #E55B5D #A2E55B #5BE5E3

split-complementary

#9E5BE5 #E5E35B #5DE55B

monochromatic

#611BAB #7F26DD #9E5BE5 #BD90ED #DCC5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#9E5BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#9E5BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E5BE5

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E5BE5	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)

#057BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#367CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 91, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.203 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8cee',
    500: '#9e5be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5be5;
$custom-light: #bf8cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.13,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61166,
    "c": 0.20303,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5BE5

secondary

#CFE7B5

accent

#D51176

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5BE5

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

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