#9956E9#9956E9

#9956E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.213 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9956E9
RGB	rgb(153, 86, 233)
HSL	hsl(267, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(267, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 63.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.05, 55.79, -64.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.05, 85.08, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% 0.1104 -0.1825)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.213 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1691, 19.3109, 79.1603)
Luminance	0.1931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9956E9 #A6E956

analogous

#565DE9 #9956E9 #E256E9

triadic

#9956E9 #E99956 #56E999

tetradic

#9956E9 #E9565D #A6E956 #56E9E2

square

#9956E9 #E9565D #A6E956 #56E9E2

split-complementary

#9956E9 #E9E256 #5DE956

monochromatic

#5C17AE #7820E2 #9956E9 #BA8CF0 #DAC2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#9956E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#9956E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9956E9

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9956E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9956E9	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C79E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#887698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9956e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 86, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.213 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc89f1',
    500: '#9956e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9956e9;
$custom-light: #bc89f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9956e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.347,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60218,
    "c": 0.2133,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9956E9

secondary

#D0E8B3

accent

#D90C7C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9956E9

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

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