#9F59CD#9F59CD

#9F59CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.179 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F59CD
RGB	rgb(159, 89, 205)
HSL	hsl(276, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(276, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.60, 49.11, -49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.60, 69.40, 315.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% 0.1151 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.179 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8878, 18.9240, 59.8767)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F59CD #87CD59

analogous

#6559CD #9F59CD #CD59C1

triadic

#9F59CD #CD9F59 #59CD9F

tetradic

#9F59CD #CD6559 #87CD59 #59C1CD

square

#9F59CD #CD6559 #87CD59 #59C1CD

split-complementary

#9F59CD #C1CD59 #59CD65

monochromatic

#5F2884 #8136B3 #9F59CD #BA88DB #D5B7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#9F59CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#9F59CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F59CD

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F59CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F59CD	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	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)

#3375D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D7ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f59cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 89, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.179 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8bdd',
    500: '#9f59cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f59cd;
$custom-light: #be8bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f59cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.207,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59494,
    "c": 0.17949,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F59CD

secondary

#BCD8AA

accent

#DD4B85

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F59CD

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

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