#9955CC#9955CC

#9955CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.182 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9955CC
RGB	rgb(153, 85, 204)
HSL	hsl(274, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 58.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, 49.47, -50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 71.04, 314.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.1126 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.182 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2823, 17.6293, 59.0806)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9955CC #88CC55

analogous

#5E55CC #9955CC #CC55C3

triadic

#9955CC #CC9955 #55CC99

tetradic

#9955CC #CC5E55 #88CC55 #55C3CC

square

#9955CC #CC5E55 #88CC55 #55C3CC

split-complementary

#9955CC #C3CC55 #55CC5E

monochromatic

#5A2680 #7B35AF #9955CC #B584DA #D1B3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#9955CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#9955CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9955CC

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9955CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9955CC	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2772D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4475C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9955cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 85, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.182 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba88dc',
    500: '#9955cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9955cc;
$custom-light: #ba88dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9955cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5818,
    "c": 0.18248,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9955CC

secondary

#BBD7A6

accent

#DD4B89

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9955CC

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

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