#9F50BE#9F50BE

#9F50BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.177 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F50BE
RGB	rgb(159, 80, 190)
HSL	hsl(283, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(283, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 57.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 50.44, -44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 67.23, 318.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% 0.1262 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.177 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4595, 16.8268, 50.5593)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F50BE #6FBE50

analogous

#6850BE #9F50BE #BE50A6

triadic

#9F50BE #BE9F50 #50BE9F

tetradic

#9F50BE #BE6850 #6FBE50 #50A6BE

square

#9F50BE #BE6850 #6FBE50 #50A6BE

split-complementary

#9F50BE #A6BE50 #50BE68

monochromatic

#59286C #7D3998 #9F50BE #B77DCF #D0A9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#9F50BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#9F50BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F50BE

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F50BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F50BE	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#326DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F74BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D637F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f50be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 80, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.177 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be85d2',
    500: '#9f50be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f50be;
$custom-light: #be85d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f50be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.091,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57351,
    "c": 0.17714,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F50BE

secondary

#ABCD9D

accent

#D55277

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F8EFF9

border

#D1CAD2

text

#120B14

muted

#817C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F50BE

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

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