#9955E9#9955E9

#9955E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.215 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9955E9
RGB	rgb(153, 85, 233)
HSL	hsl(268, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 63.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.86, 56.29, -64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.86, 85.64, 311.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.1115 -0.1834)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.215 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0898, 19.1523, 79.1338)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9955E9 #A5E955

analogous

#555BE9 #9955E9 #E355E9

triadic

#9955E9 #E99955 #55E999

tetradic

#9955E9 #E9555B #A5E955 #55E9E3

square

#9955E9 #E9555B #A5E955 #55E9E3

split-complementary

#9955E9 #E9E355 #5BE955

monochromatic

#5C16AD #781FE2 #9955E9 #BA8BF0 #DAC1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#9955E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#9955E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9955E9

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9955E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9955E9	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1978E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#887698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9955e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 85, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.215 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc89f1',
    500: '#9955e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9955e9;
$custom-light: #bc89f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9955e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.568,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60085,
    "c": 0.21462,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9955E9

secondary

#CFE8B2

accent

#D90C7B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9955E9

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

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