#9F5BBF#9F5BBF

#9F5BBF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.161 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F5BBF
RGB	rgb(159, 91, 191)
HSL	hsl(281, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(281, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 52.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, 44.97, -41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 61.24, 317.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% 0.1115 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.161 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4416, 18.6154, 51.4277)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F5BBF #7BBF5B

analogous

#6D5BBF #9F5BBF #BF5BAD

triadic

#9F5BBF #BF9F5B #5BBF9F

tetradic

#9F5BBF #BF6D5B #7BBF5B #5BADBF

square

#9F5BBF #BF6D5B #7BBF5B #5BADBF

split-complementary

#9F5BBF #ADBF5B #5BBF6D

monochromatic

#5C2D73 #803E9F #9F5BBF #B987D0 #D3B3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#9F5BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#9F5BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F5BBF

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F5BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F5BBF	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4374C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5879BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f5bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 91, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.161 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8cd3',
    500: '#9f5bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f5bbf;
$custom-light: #be8cd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f5bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58979,
    "c": 0.16088,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F5BBF

secondary

#B3D0A6

accent

#D4547D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#120C14

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F5BBF

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

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