#9F5AEE#9F5AEE

#9F5AEE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.215 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F5AEE
RGB	rgb(159, 90, 238)
HSL	hsl(268, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(268, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 62.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 56.26, -64.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 85.36, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% 0.1134 -0.1822)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.215 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3832, 20.8562, 83.1393)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F5AEE #A9EE5A

analogous

#5A5FEE #9F5AEE #E95AEE

triadic

#9F5AEE #EE9F5A #5AEE9F

tetradic

#9F5AEE #EE5A5F #A9EE5A #5AEEE9

square

#9F5AEE #EE5A5F #A9EE5A #5AEEE9

split-complementary

#9F5AEE #EEE95A #5FEE5A

monochromatic

#6113BA #7F23E8 #9F5AEE #BF91F4 #E0C9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#9F5AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#9F5AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F5AEE

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F5AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F5AEE	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#277DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f5aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 90, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.215 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08cf4',
    500: '#9f5aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f5aee;
$custom-light: #c08cf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f5aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.973,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61733,
    "c": 0.2146,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F5AEE

secondary

#D4ECB8

accent

#DE087A

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F5AEE

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

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