#9F5BE5#9F5BE5

#9F5BE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.203 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F5BE5
RGB	rgb(159, 91, 229)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 60.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.41, 53.61, -59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.41, 80.28, 311.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% 0.1126 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.203 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1788, 20.5103, 76.3772)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F5BE5 #A1E55B

analogous

#5B5CE5 #9F5BE5 #E45BE5

triadic

#9F5BE5 #E59F5B #5BE59F

tetradic

#9F5BE5 #E55B5C #A1E55B #5BE5E4

square

#9F5BE5 #E55B5C #A1E55B #5BE5E4

split-complementary

#9F5BE5 #E5E45B #5CE55B

monochromatic

#621BAB #8026DD #9F5BE5 #BE90ED #DDC5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#9F5BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#9F5BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F5BE5

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F5BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F5BE5	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#087BE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f5be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 91, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.203 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08dee',
    500: '#9f5be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f5be5;
$custom-light: #c08dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f5be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.565,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61274,
    "c": 0.20325,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F5BE5

secondary

#CEE7B5

accent

#D51174

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F5BE5

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

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