#9E5FBB#9E5FBB

#9E5FBB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.149 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5FBB
RGB	rgb(158, 95, 187)
HSL	hsl(281, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(281, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 49.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, 41.68, -38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 56.71, 317.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.1043 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.149 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1609, 19.0421, 49.2488)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5FBB #7CBB5F

analogous

#705FBB #9E5FBB #BB5FAA

triadic

#9E5FBB #BB9E5F #5FBB9E

tetradic

#9E5FBB #BB705F #7CBB5F #5FAABB

square

#9E5FBB #BB705F #7CBB5F #5FAABB

split-complementary

#9E5FBB #AABB5F #5FBB70

monochromatic

#5C3070 #7F429B #9E5FBB #B88ACD #D2B5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#9E5FBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#9E5FBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E5FBB

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5FBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E5FBB	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B75BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5fbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 95, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.149 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8ed0',
    500: '#9e5fbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5fbb;
$custom-light: #bc8ed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5fbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.087,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59258,
    "c": 0.1494,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5FBB

secondary

#B4CEA8

accent

#D0587E

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F7F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#120C14

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5FBB

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

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