#9955BB#9955BB

#9955BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.164 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9955BB
RGB	rgb(153, 85, 187)
HSL	hsl(280, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(280, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 54.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.08, 45.65, -42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.08, 62.51, 316.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% 0.1119 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.164 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3535, 16.8578, 48.9224)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9955BB #77BB55

analogous

#6655BB #9955BB #BB55AA

triadic

#9955BB #BB9955 #55BB99

tetradic

#9955BB #BB6655 #77BB55 #55AABB

square

#9955BB #BB6655 #77BB55 #55AABB

split-complementary

#9955BB #AABB55 #55BB66

monochromatic

#552B6B #783C97 #9955BB #B381CC #CDACDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#9955BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#9955BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9955BB

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9955BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9955BB	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A6EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5174B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9955bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 85, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.164 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b988d0',
    500: '#9955bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9955bb;
$custom-light: #b988d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9955bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57163,
    "c": 0.16364,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9955BB

secondary

#AFCCA0

accent

#D3557F

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#120B14

muted

#817C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9955BB

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

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