#9855C8#9855C8

#9855C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.178 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9855C8
RGB	rgb(152, 85, 200)
HSL	hsl(275, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(275, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 57.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.69, 48.30, -49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.69, 68.99, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.1113 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.178 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6207, 17.3429, 56.5775)
Luminance	0.1734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9855C8 #85C855

analogous

#5E55C8 #9855C8 #C855BE

triadic

#9855C8 #C89855 #55C898

tetradic

#9855C8 #C85E55 #85C855 #55BEC8

square

#9855C8 #C85E55 #85C855 #55BEC8

split-complementary

#9855C8 #BEC855 #55C85E

monochromatic

#58287B #7937A9 #9855C8 #B483D7 #D0B1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#9855C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#9855C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9855C8

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9855C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9855C8	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C71CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4675C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9855c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 85, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.178 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b988d9',
    500: '#9855c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9855c8;
$custom-light: #b988d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9855c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.957,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57819,
    "c": 0.17771,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9855C8

secondary

#B8D4A5

accent

#DB4D88

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9855C8

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

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