#9557BB#9557BB

#9557BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.159 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9557BB
RGB	rgb(149, 87, 187)
HSL	hsl(277, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(277, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 53.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, 43.52, -42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 61.08, 315.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57% 0.1042 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(57% 0.159 311)
XYZ	xyz(24.7706, 16.7943, 48.9408)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9557BB #7DBB57

analogous

#6357BB #9557BB #BB57AF

triadic

#9557BB #BB9557 #57BB95

tetradic

#9557BB #BB6357 #7DBB57 #57AFBB

square

#9557BB #BB6357 #7DBB57 #57AFBB

split-complementary

#9557BB #AFBB57 #57BB63

monochromatic

#542C6C #753D97 #9557BB #B083CD #CCAEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#9557BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#9557BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9557BB

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9557BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9557BB	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B6FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F73B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9557bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 87, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.159 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b689d0',
    500: '#9557bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9557bb;
$custom-light: #b689d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9557bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.2,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56997,
    "c": 0.15889,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.16794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9557BB

secondary

#B2CCA2

accent

#D25685

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9557BB

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

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