#9F5BDF#9F5BDF

#9F5BDF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.197 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F5BDF
RGB	rgb(159, 91, 223)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 59.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.04, 52.20, -56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.04, 77.27, 312.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% 0.1128 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.197 305)
XYZ	xyz(31.3555, 20.1810, 72.0412)
Luminance	0.2018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F5BDF #9BDF5B

analogous

#5D5BDF #9F5BDF #DF5BDD

triadic

#9F5BDF #DF9F5B #5BDF9F

tetradic

#9F5BDF #DF5D5B #9BDF5B #5BDDDF

square

#9F5BDF #DF5D5B #9BDF5B #5BDDDF

split-complementary

#9F5BDF #DDDF5B #5BDF5D

monochromatic

#621FA0 #8129D4 #9F5BDF #BD8EE9 #DBC1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#9F5BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#9F5BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F5BDF

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F5BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F5BDF	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C7AE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f5bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 91, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.197 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8cea',
    500: '#9f5bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f5bdf;
$custom-light: #bf8cea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f5bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.909,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60888,
    "c": 0.19656,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.20181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F5BDF

secondary

#CAE3B2

accent

#CF1670

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F5BDF

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

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