#9855E3#9855E3

#9855E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.208 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9855E3
RGB	rgb(152, 85, 227)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 62.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 54.64, -61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 82.62, 311.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% 0.1106 -0.1759)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.208 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0593, 18.7184, 74.6875)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9855E3 #A0E355

analogous

#5559E3 #9855E3 #DF55E3

triadic

#9855E3 #E39855 #55E398

tetradic

#9855E3 #E35559 #A0E355 #55E3DF

square

#9855E3 #E35559 #A0E355 #55E3DF

split-complementary

#9855E3 #E3DF55 #59E355

monochromatic

#5B1BA3 #7823D7 #9855E3 #B88AEC #D8BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#9855E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#9855E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9855E3

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9855E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9855E3	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2577E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9855e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 85, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.208 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb88ed',
    500: '#9855e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9855e3;
$custom-light: #bb88ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9855e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.31,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59566,
    "c": 0.2078,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9855E3

secondary

#CBE5AF

accent

#D41278

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9855E3

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

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