#9855E4#9855E4

#9855E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.209 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9855E4
RGB	rgb(152, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(268, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 54.88, -62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 83.13, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% 0.1106 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.209 302)
XYZ	xyz(30.1977, 18.7738, 75.4165)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9855E4 #A1E455

analogous

#555AE4 #9855E4 #E055E4

triadic

#9855E4 #E49855 #55E498

tetradic

#9855E4 #E4555A #A1E455 #55E4E0

square

#9855E4 #E4555A #A1E455 #55E4E0

split-complementary

#9855E4 #E4E055 #5AE455

monochromatic

#5B1AA4 #7823D9 #9855E4 #B88AEC #D8BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#9855E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#9855E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9855E4

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9855E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9855E4	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2377E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9855e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.209 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb88ed',
    500: '#9855e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9855e4;
$custom-light: #bb88ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9855e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.112,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59634,
    "c": 0.20891,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.18774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9855E4

secondary

#CCE5B0

accent

#D51179

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9855E4

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

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