#9F59E9#9F59E9

#9F59E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.210 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F59E9
RGB	rgb(159, 89, 233)
HSL	hsl(269, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(269, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 61.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.29, 55.57, -62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.29, 83.42, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.1148 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.21 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5751, 20.3989, 79.2962)
Luminance	0.2040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F59E9 #A3E959

analogous

#595BE9 #9F59E9 #E759E9

triadic

#9F59E9 #E99F59 #59E99F

tetradic

#9F59E9 #E9595B #A3E959 #59E9E7

square

#9F59E9 #E9595B #A3E959 #59E9E7

split-complementary

#9F59E9 #E9E759 #5BE959

monochromatic

#6217B0 #8023E2 #9F59E9 #BE8FF0 #DEC5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#9F59E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#9F59E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F59E9

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F59E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F59E9	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E7CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f59e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 89, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.210 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08bf1',
    500: '#9f59e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f59e9;
$custom-light: #c08bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f59e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.167,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61264,
    "c": 0.21044,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F59E9

secondary

#D0E9B5

accent

#D90D76

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F59E9

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

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