#9955CE#9955CE

#9955CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.185 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9955CE
RGB	rgb(153, 85, 206)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 58.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.16, 49.92, -51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.16, 72.04, 313.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.1126 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.185 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5237, 17.7259, 60.3520)
Luminance	0.1773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9955CE #8ACE55

analogous

#5D55CE #9955CE #CE55C7

triadic

#9955CE #CE9955 #55CE99

tetradic

#9955CE #CE5D55 #8ACE55 #55C7CE

square

#9955CE #CE5D55 #8ACE55 #55C7CE

split-complementary

#9955CE #C7CE55 #55CE5D

monochromatic

#5A2683 #7B33B2 #9955CE #B685DC #D2B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#9955CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#9955CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9955CE

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9955CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9955CE	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2472D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4276CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9955ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 85, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.185 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba88dd',
    500: '#9955ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9955ce;
$custom-light: #ba88dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9955ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.719,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58304,
    "c": 0.1847,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9955CE

secondary

#BCD8A7

accent

#DF498B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9955CE

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

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