#9955E4#9955E4

#9955E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.209 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9955E4
RGB	rgb(153, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(269, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, 55.09, -62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 83.13, 311.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% 0.1119 -0.1767)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.209 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3857, 18.8707, 75.4253)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9955E4 #A0E455

analogous

#5559E4 #9955E4 #E055E4

triadic

#9955E4 #E49955 #55E499

tetradic

#9955E4 #E45559 #A0E455 #55E4E0

square

#9955E4 #E45559 #A0E455 #55E4E0

split-complementary

#9955E4 #E4E055 #59E455

monochromatic

#5C1AA4 #7923D9 #9955E4 #B98AEC #D8BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#9955E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#9955E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9955E4

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9955E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9955E4	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2578E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9955e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.209 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc88ed',
    500: '#9955e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9955e4;
$custom-light: #bc88ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9955e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.531,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59742,
    "c": 0.2091,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9955E4

secondary

#CCE5B0

accent

#D51178

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9955E4

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

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