#9F59CE#9F59CE

#9F59CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.181 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F59CE
RGB	rgb(159, 89, 206)
HSL	hsl(276, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(276, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 56.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 49.34, -49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 69.90, 314.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% 0.1151 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.181 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0089, 18.9724, 60.5144)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F59CE #88CE59

analogous

#6459CE #9F59CE #CE59C3

triadic

#9F59CE #CE9F59 #59CE9F

tetradic

#9F59CE #CE6459 #88CE59 #59C3CE

square

#9F59CE #CE6459 #88CE59 #59C3CE

split-complementary

#9F59CE #C3CE59 #59CE64

monochromatic

#602785 #8135B5 #9F59CE #BA88DC #D6B8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#9F59CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#9F59CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F59CE

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F59CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F59CE	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3275D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C7ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f59ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 89, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.181 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8bdd',
    500: '#9f59ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f59ce;
$custom-light: #be8bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f59ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.897,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59553,
    "c": 0.1806,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F59CE

secondary

#BDD9AA

accent

#DE4A85

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F59CE

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

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