#9950CD#9950CD

#9950CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.191 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9950CD
RGB	rgb(153, 80, 205)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(275, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 61%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 52.24, -52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 74.40, 314.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.1188 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.191 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0228, 16.9178, 59.5877)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9950CD #84CD50

analogous

#5A50CD #9950CD #CD50C2

triadic

#9950CD #CD9950 #50CD99

tetradic

#9950CD #CD5A50 #84CD50 #50C2CD

square

#9950CD #CD5A50 #84CD50 #50C2CD

split-complementary

#9950CD #C2CD50 #50CD5A

monochromatic

#59247E #7A32AE #9950CD #B580DB #D0AFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#9950CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#9950CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9950CD

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9950CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9950CD	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#166FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D73CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9950cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 80, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.191 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb85dd',
    500: '#9950cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9950cd;
$custom-light: #bb85dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9950cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.04,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57553,
    "c": 0.19087,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9950CD

secondary

#B8D6A2

accent

#DF4987

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#120B15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9950CD

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

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