#9855E5#9855E5

#9855E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.210 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9855E5
RGB	rgb(152, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(268, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(268, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, 55.12, -62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 83.63, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% 0.1105 -0.1786)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.21 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3369, 18.8294, 76.1497)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9855E5 #A2E555

analogous

#555AE5 #9855E5 #E055E5

triadic

#9855E5 #E59855 #55E598

tetradic

#9855E5 #E5555A #A2E555 #55E5E0

square

#9855E5 #E5555A #A2E555 #55E5E0

split-complementary

#9855E5 #E5E055 #5AE555

monochromatic

#5B19A6 #7822DB #9855E5 #B88AED #D8BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#9855E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#9855E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9855E5

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9855E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9855E5	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2178E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#887495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9855e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.210 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb88ee',
    500: '#9855e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9855e5;
$custom-light: #bb88ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9855e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.917,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59702,
    "c": 0.21002,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9855E5

secondary

#CDE6B0

accent

#D6107A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9855E5

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

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