#9955CF#9955CF

#9955CF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.186 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9955CF
RGB	rgb(153, 85, 207)
HSL	hsl(273, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(273, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 58.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.22, 50.16, -52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.22, 72.55, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.37% 0.1126 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(58.37% 0.186 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6455, 17.7746, 60.9938)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9955CF #8BCF55

analogous

#5C55CF #9955CF #CF55C8

triadic

#9955CF #CF9955 #55CF99

tetradic

#9955CF #CF5C55 #8BCF55 #55C8CF

square

#9955CF #CF5C55 #8BCF55 #55C8CF

split-complementary

#9955CF #C8CF55 #55CF5C

monochromatic

#5A2584 #7B33B4 #9955CF #B685DC #D2B4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#9955CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#9955CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9955CF

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9955CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9955CF	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2272D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4176CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9955cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 85, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.186 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba88de',
    500: '#9955cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9955cf;
$custom-light: #ba88de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9955cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.443,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58367,
    "c": 0.18581,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9955CF

secondary

#BDD9A7

accent

#DF498B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9955CF

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

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