#9855C7#9855C7

#9855C7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.177 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9855C7
RGB	rgb(152, 85, 199)
HSL	hsl(275, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(275, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 57.3%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.63, 48.08, -48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.63, 68.48, 314.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.1112 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.177 309)
XYZ	xyz(26.5042, 17.2963, 55.9640)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9855C7 #84C755

analogous

#5F55C7 #9855C7 #C755BD

triadic

#9855C7 #C79855 #55C798

tetradic

#9855C7 #C75F55 #84C755 #55BDC7

square

#9855C7 #C75F55 #84C755 #55BDC7

split-complementary

#9855C7 #BDC755 #55C75F

monochromatic

#58287A #7937A8 #9855C7 #B483D6 #D0B1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#9855C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#9855C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9855C7

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9855C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9855C7	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D71CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4774C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9855c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 85, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.177 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b988d8',
    500: '#9855c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9855c7;
$custom-light: #b988d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9855c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.263,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57758,
    "c": 0.17659,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.17296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9855C7

secondary

#B8D4A4

accent

#DA4E88

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#120C14

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9855C7

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

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