#9F59CC#9F59CC

#9F59CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.178 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F59CC
RGB	rgb(159, 89, 204)
HSL	hsl(277, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(277, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 56.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, 48.89, -48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 68.90, 315.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% 0.1151 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.178 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7675, 18.8759, 59.2430)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F59CC #86CC59

analogous

#6659CC #9F59CC #CC59BF

triadic

#9F59CC #CC9F59 #59CC9F

tetradic

#9F59CC #CC6659 #86CC59 #59BFCC

square

#9F59CC #CC6659 #86CC59 #59BFCC

split-complementary

#9F59CC #BFCC59 #59CC66

monochromatic

#5F2883 #8136B1 #9F59CC #BA88DA #D5B7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#9F59CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#9F59CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F59CC

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F59CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F59CC	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3475D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E7AC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f59cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 89, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.178 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8bdc',
    500: '#9f59cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f59cc;
$custom-light: #be8bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f59cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59434,
    "c": 0.17839,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F59CC

secondary

#BBD8A9

accent

#DC4B84

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F59CC

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

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