#9F59DD#9F59DD

#9F59DD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.197 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F59DD
RGB	rgb(159, 89, 221)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(272, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 59.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, 52.76, -56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 77.41, 312.97°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% 0.1152 -0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.197 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9188, 19.7364, 70.5733)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F59DD #97DD59

analogous

#5D59DD #9F59DD #DD59D9

triadic

#9F59DD #DD9F59 #59DD9F

tetradic

#9F59DD #DD5D59 #97DD59 #59D9DD

square

#9F59DD #DD5D59 #97DD59 #59D9DD

split-complementary

#9F59DD #D9DD59 #59DD5D

monochromatic

#62209C #812ACF #9F59DD #BC8CE7 #DABFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#9F59DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#9F59DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F59DD

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F59DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F59DD	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1979E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f59dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 89, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.197 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8be8',
    500: '#9f59dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f59dd;
$custom-light: #bf8be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f59dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.818,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60482,
    "c": 0.19719,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F59DD

secondary

#C7E2B0

accent

#CE186D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F59DD

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

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