#99159E#99159E

#99159E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.214 H 326.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#99159E
RGBrgb(153, 21, 158)
HSLhsl(298, 77%, 35%)
HSVhsv(298, 87%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(3.2%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(37.44, 64.92, -42.47)
CIE-LCHlch(37.44, 77.58, 326.81°)
OKLaboklab(48.95% 0.1787 -0.1183)
OKLCHoklch(48.95% 0.214 326.5)
XYZxyz(19.5762, 9.7787, 33.1975)
Luminance0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#99159E #1A9E15
analogous
#54159E #99159E #9E155F
triadic
#99159E #9E9915 #159E99
tetradic
#99159E #9E5415 #1A9E15 #155F9E
square
#99159E #9E5415 #1A9E15 #155F9E
split-complementary
#99159E #5F9E15 #159E54
monochromatic
#300732 #650E68 #99159E #CD1CD4 #E147E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11
#99159E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96
#99159E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #99159E
7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##99159E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##99159E1.007.112.967.11
#FFFFFF7.111.0021.001.00
#0000002.9621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.111.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#004EA1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3C5D9B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9D325D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #99159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.214 326.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb68bb',
    500: '#99159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #99159e;
$custom-light: #bb68bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#99159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.81,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48947,
    "c": 0.21431,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#99159E
secondary
#4CC747
accent
#F3353C
background
#FCF6FB
surface
#F8ECF6
border
#D1C7D0
text
#120712
muted
#817A81

Preview Lab

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#99159E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva