#9855DD#9855DD

#9855DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.201 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9855DD
RGB	rgb(152, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 61.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 53.20, -59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 79.60, 311.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.111 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.201 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2456, 18.3929, 70.4020)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9855DD #9ADD55

analogous

#5556DD #9855DD #DC55DD

triadic

#9855DD #DD9855 #55DD98

tetradic

#9855DD #DD5556 #9ADD55 #55DDDC

square

#9855DD #DD5556 #9ADD55 #55DDDC

split-complementary

#9855DD #DDDC55 #56DD55

monochromatic

#5B1F99 #7929CC #9855DD #B788E7 #D6BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#9855DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#9855DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9855DD

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9855DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9855DD	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F77DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9855dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.201 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb88e8',
    500: '#9855dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9855dd;
$custom-light: #bb88e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9855dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.559,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59162,
    "c": 0.20114,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9855DD

secondary

#C7E1AD

accent

#EA3E95

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9855DD

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

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