#9F5DE5#9F5DE5

#9F5DE5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.200 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F5DE5
RGB	rgb(159, 93, 229)
HSL	hsl(269, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(269, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 59.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 52.59, -59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 79.14, 311.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% 0.1103 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.2 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3521, 20.8568, 76.4349)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F5DE5 #A3E55D

analogous

#5D5FE5 #9F5DE5 #E35DE5

triadic

#9F5DE5 #E59F5D #5DE59F

tetradic

#9F5DE5 #E55D5F #A3E55D #5DE5E3

square

#9F5DE5 #E55D5F #A3E55D #5DE5E3

split-complementary

#9F5DE5 #E5E35D #5FE55D

monochromatic

#621CAC #8028DD #9F5DE5 #BE92ED #DEC6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#9F5DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#9F5DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F5DE5

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F5DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F5DE5	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#157DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f5de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 93, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.200 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8eee',
    500: '#9f5de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f5de5;
$custom-light: #bf8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f5de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.118,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61553,
    "c": 0.20044,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F5DE5

secondary

#D0E7B7

accent

#D41176

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F5DE5

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

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