#9F59BF#9F59BF

#9F59BF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.164 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F59BF
RGB	rgb(159, 89, 191)
HSL	hsl(281, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(281, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 53.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, 46.03, -42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 62.44, 317.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.1143 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.164 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2729, 18.2780, 51.3715)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F59BF #79BF59

analogous

#6C59BF #9F59BF #BF59AC

triadic

#9F59BF #BF9F59 #59BF9F

tetradic

#9F59BF #BF6C59 #79BF59 #59ACBF

square

#9F59BF #BF6C59 #79BF59 #59ACBF

split-complementary

#9F59BF #ACBF59 #59BF6C

monochromatic

#5C2C72 #7F3D9E #9F59BF #B985D0 #D2B1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#9F59BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#9F59BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F59BF

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F59BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F59BF	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4073C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5778BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f59bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 89, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.164 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8ad3',
    500: '#9f59bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f59bf;
$custom-light: #be8ad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f59bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.176,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58682,
    "c": 0.1641,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F59BF

secondary

#B2CFA4

accent

#D4547C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#120C14

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F59BF

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

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