#9956CD#9956CD

#9956CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.182 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9956CD
RGB	rgb(153, 86, 205)
HSL	hsl(274, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 58%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.30, 49.18, -51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.30, 70.96, 313.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% 0.1113 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.182 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4819, 17.8360, 59.7407)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9956CD #8ACD56

analogous

#5E56CD #9956CD #CD56C5

triadic

#9956CD #CD9956 #56CD99

tetradic

#9956CD #CD5E56 #8ACD56 #56C5CD

square

#9956CD #CD5E56 #8ACD56 #56C5CD

split-complementary

#9956CD #C5CD56 #56CD5E

monochromatic

#5A2682 #7B34B1 #9956CD #B685DB #D2B4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#9956CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#9956CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9956CD

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9956CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9956CD	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2873D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4476CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9956cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 86, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.182 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba89dd',
    500: '#9956cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9956cd;
$custom-light: #ba89dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9956cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.782,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58384,
    "c": 0.1821,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9956CD

secondary

#BCD8A7

accent

#DE4A8B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9956CD

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

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