#9F5CBF#9F5CBF

#9F5CBF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.159 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F5CBF
RGB	rgb(159, 92, 191)
HSL	hsl(281, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(281, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 51.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 44.44, -41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 60.63, 317.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.1102 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.159 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5276, 18.7875, 51.4564)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F5CBF #7CBF5C

analogous

#6D5CBF #9F5CBF #BF5CAD

triadic

#9F5CBF #BF9F5C #5CBF9F

tetradic

#9F5CBF #BF6D5C #7CBF5C #5CADBF

square

#9F5CBF #BF6D5C #7CBF5C #5CADBF

split-complementary

#9F5CBF #ADBF5C #5CBF6D

monochromatic

#5D2D73 #803F9F #9F5CBF #B988D0 #D3B4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#9F5CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#9F5CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F5CBF

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F5CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F5CBF	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4574C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f5cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 92, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.159 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8cd3',
    500: '#9f5cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f5cbf;
$custom-light: #bd8cd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f5cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.606,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59129,
    "c": 0.15926,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F5CBF

secondary

#B4D0A7

accent

#D3547D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#120C14

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F5CBF

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

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