#9956DB#9956DB

#9956DB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.198 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9956DB
RGB	rgb(153, 86, 219)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 60.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 52.44, -57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 78.03, 312.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.1112 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.198 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2480, 18.5425, 69.0423)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9956DB #98DB56

analogous

#5756DB #9956DB #DB56DA

triadic

#9956DB #DB9956 #56DB99

tetradic

#9956DB #DB5756 #98DB56 #56DADB

square

#9956DB #DB5756 #98DB56 #56DADB

split-complementary

#9956DB #DADB56 #56DB57

monochromatic

#5C2097 #7A2BC9 #9956DB #B788E6 #D6BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#9956DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#9956DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9956DB

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9956DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9956DB	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0476DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3577D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9956db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 86, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.198 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb89e7',
    500: '#9956db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9956db;
$custom-light: #bb89e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9956db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.226,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59277,
    "c": 0.19774,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9956DB

secondary

#C6E0AD

accent

#E84093

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9956DB

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

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