#9F5DCD#9F5DCD

#9F5DCD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.173 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F5DCD
RGB	rgb(159, 93, 205)
HSL	hsl(275, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(275, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 54.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.39, 47.02, -47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.39, 67.02, 314.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% 0.1099 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.173 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2297, 19.6079, 59.9907)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F5DCD #8BCD5D

analogous

#675DCD #9F5DCD #CD5DC3

triadic

#9F5DCD #CD9F5D #5DCD9F

tetradic

#9F5DCD #CD675D #8BCD5D #5DC3CD

square

#9F5DCD #CD675D #8BCD5D #5DC3CD

split-complementary

#9F5DCD #C3CD5D #5DCD67

monochromatic

#602986 #8238B5 #9F5DCD #BB8CDB #D6BBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#9F5DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#9F5DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F5DCD

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F5DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F5DCD	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A78D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99718C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f5dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 93, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.173 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be8ddd',
    500: '#9f5dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f5dcd;
$custom-light: #be8ddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f5dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.357,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60076,
    "c": 0.17334,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F5DCD

secondary

#BFD9AD

accent

#DC4C87

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F8F0FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F5DCD

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

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