#9556E5#9556E5

#9556E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.208 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9556E5
RGB	rgb(149, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(266, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(266, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.34, 53.97, -63.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.34, 83.08, 310.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% 0.1055 -0.1795)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.208 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8616, 18.7021, 76.1502)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9556E5 #A6E556

analogous

#565FE5 #9556E5 #DD56E5

triadic

#9556E5 #E59556 #56E595

tetradic

#9556E5 #E5565F #A6E556 #56E5DD

square

#9556E5 #E5565F #A6E556 #56E5DD

split-complementary

#9556E5 #E5DD56 #5FE556

monochromatic

#581AA7 #7422DC #9556E5 #B68BED #D8C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#9556E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#9556E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9556E5

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9556E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9556E5	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C77E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#847596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9556e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.208 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b989ee',
    500: '#9556e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9556e5;
$custom-light: #b989ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9556e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.434,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59518,
    "c": 0.20815,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9556E5

secondary

#CFE6B1

accent

#D5107E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9556E5

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

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