#9956E8#9956E8

#9956E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.212 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9956E8
RGB	rgb(153, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(268, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(268, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, 55.55, -63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 84.58, 311.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% 0.1105 -0.1812)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.212 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0267, 19.2539, 78.4101)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9956E8 #A5E856

analogous

#565CE8 #9956E8 #E256E8

triadic

#9956E8 #E89956 #56E899

tetradic

#9956E8 #E8565C #A5E856 #56E8E2

square

#9956E8 #E8565C #A5E856 #56E8E2

split-complementary

#9956E8 #E8E256 #5CE856

monochromatic

#5C17AC #7820E1 #9956E8 #BA8CEF #DAC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#9956E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#9956E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9956E8

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9956E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9956E8	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E79E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9956e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.212 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc89f0',
    500: '#9956e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9956e8;
$custom-light: #bc89f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9956e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.534,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60149,
    "c": 0.21219,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9956E8

secondary

#CFE8B2

accent

#D80D7B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9956E8

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

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