#9556E6#9556E6

#9556E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.209 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9556E6
RGB	rgb(149, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(266, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(266, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.40, 54.22, -63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.40, 83.58, 310.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% 0.1054 -0.1808)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.209 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0017, 18.7581, 76.8876)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9556E6 #A7E656

analogous

#565FE6 #9556E6 #DD56E6

triadic

#9556E6 #E69556 #56E695

tetradic

#9556E6 #E6565F #A7E656 #56E6DD

square

#9556E6 #E6565F #A7E656 #56E6DD

split-complementary

#9556E6 #E6DD56 #5FE656

monochromatic

#5819A9 #7421DE #9556E6 #B68BEE #D8C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#9556E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#9556E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9556E6

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9556E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9556E6	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A77E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9556e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.209 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b989ef',
    500: '#9556e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9556e6;
$custom-light: #b989ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9556e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59587,
    "c": 0.20928,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9556E6

secondary

#CFE6B1

accent

#D60F7F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9556E6

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

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