#9955E6#9955E6

#9955E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.211 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9955E6
RGB	rgb(153, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(268, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(268, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 55.57, -63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 84.13, 311.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% 0.1117 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.211 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6649, 18.9824, 76.8960)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9955E6 #A2E655

analogous

#555AE6 #9955E6 #E255E6

triadic

#9955E6 #E69955 #55E699

tetradic

#9955E6 #E6555A #A2E655 #55E6E2

square

#9955E6 #E6555A #A2E655 #55E6E2

split-complementary

#9955E6 #E6E255 #5AE655

monochromatic

#5C19A8 #7921DD #9955E6 #B98AEE #D9C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#9955E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#9955E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9955E6

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9955E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9955E6	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2078E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9955e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.211 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc88ef',
    500: '#9955e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9955e6;
$custom-light: #bc88ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9955e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.138,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59878,
    "c": 0.21131,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9955E6

secondary

#CDE6B1

accent

#D60F79

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9955E6

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

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