#9856DD#9856DD

#9856DD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.200 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9856DD
RGB	rgb(152, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(269, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, 52.69, -58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 79.03, 311.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% 0.1098 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.2 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3249, 18.5515, 70.4285)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9856DD #9BDD56

analogous

#5658DD #9856DD #DB56DD

triadic

#9856DD #DD9856 #56DD98

tetradic

#9856DD #DD5658 #9BDD56 #56DDDB

square

#9856DD #DD5658 #9BDD56 #56DDDB

split-complementary

#9856DD #DDDB56 #58DD56

monochromatic

#5B1F9A #7929CD #9856DD #B789E7 #D6BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#9856DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#9856DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9856DD

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9856DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9856DD	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3177DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9856dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.200 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb89e8',
    500: '#9856dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9856dd;
$custom-light: #bb89e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9856dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59299,
    "c": 0.19975,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9856DD

secondary

#C8E1AE

accent

#CE1775

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9856DD

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

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