#9F59E6#9F59E6

#9F59E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.207 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F59E6
RGB	rgb(159, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(270, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, 54.87, -60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 81.91, 312.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% 0.1149 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.207 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1502, 20.2289, 77.0584)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F59E6 #A0E659

analogous

#595AE6 #9F59E6 #E559E6

triadic

#9F59E6 #E69F59 #59E69F

tetradic

#9F59E6 #E6595A #A0E659 #59E6E5

square

#9F59E6 #E6595A #A0E659 #59E6E5

split-complementary

#9F59E6 #E6E559 #5AE659

monochromatic

#621AAB #8024DE #9F59E6 #BE8EEE #DDC3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#9F59E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#9F59E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F59E6

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F59E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F59E6	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#337CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f59e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.207 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08bef',
    500: '#9f59e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f59e6;
$custom-light: #c08bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f59e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.787,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61066,
    "c": 0.20713,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F59E6

secondary

#CEE7B4

accent

#D61073

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F59E6

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

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