#9F59E5#9F59E5

#9F59E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.206 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F59E5
RGB	rgb(159, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(270, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 54.63, -60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 81.41, 312.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61% 0.115 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.206 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0101, 20.1729, 76.3209)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F59E5 #9FE559

analogous

#5959E5 #9F59E5 #E559E5

triadic

#9F59E5 #E59F59 #59E59F

tetradic

#9F59E5 #E55959 #9FE559 #59E5E5

square

#9F59E5 #E55959 #9FE559 #59E5E5

split-complementary

#9F59E5 #E5E559 #59E559

monochromatic

#621AA9 #8024DD #9F59E5 #BE8EED #DCC3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#9F59E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#9F59E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F59E5

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F59E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F59E5	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f59e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.206 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08bee',
    500: '#9f59e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f59e5;
$custom-light: #c08bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f59e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61,
    "c": 0.20603,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F59E5

secondary

#CDE6B3

accent

#D51073

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F59E5

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

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