#9956E4#9956E4

#9956E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.208 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9956E4
RGB	rgb(153, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(268, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.72, 54.59, -61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.72, 82.57, 311.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% 0.1107 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.208 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4650, 19.0293, 75.4518)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9956E4 #A1E456

analogous

#565AE4 #9956E4 #E056E4

triadic

#9956E4 #E49956 #56E499

tetradic

#9956E4 #E4565A #A1E456 #56E4E0

square

#9956E4 #E4565A #A1E456 #56E4E0

split-complementary

#9956E4 #E4E056 #5AE456

monochromatic

#5C1AA5 #7923DA #9956E4 #B98BEC #D9C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#9956E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#9956E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9956E4

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9956E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9956E4	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2778E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9956e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.208 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc89ed',
    500: '#9956e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9956e4;
$custom-light: #bc89ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9956e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.31,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59876,
    "c": 0.20776,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9956E4

secondary

#CCE5B0

accent

#D51178

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9956E4

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

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