#9556EE#9556EE

#9556EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.218 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9556EE
RGB	rgb(149, 86, 238)
HSL	hsl(265, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(265, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 63.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.94, 56.19, -67.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.94, 87.63, 309.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% 0.1047 -0.1915)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.218 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1510, 19.2178, 82.9406)
Luminance	0.1922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9556EE #AFEE56

analogous

#5663EE #9556EE #E156EE

triadic

#9556EE #EE9556 #56EE95

tetradic

#9556EE #EE5663 #AFEE56 #56EEE1

square

#9556EE #EE5663 #AFEE56 #56EEE1

split-complementary

#9556EE #EEE156 #63EE56

monochromatic

#5712B7 #721EE8 #9556EE #B88EF4 #DBC5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#9556EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#9556EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9556EE

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9556EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9556EE	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80789B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9556ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 86, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.218 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba89f4',
    500: '#9556ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9556ee;
$custom-light: #ba89f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9556ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.868,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60146,
    "c": 0.21824,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9556EE

secondary

#D5EBB5

accent

#DE0785

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F7F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9556EE

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

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