#9956EE#9956EE

#9956EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.219 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9956EE
RGB	rgb(153, 86, 238)
HSL	hsl(266, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(266, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 63.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 57.01, -66.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 87.59, 310.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% 0.11 -0.1892)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.219 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8935, 19.6007, 82.9754)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9956EE #ABEE56

analogous

#565FEE #9956EE #E556EE

triadic

#9956EE #EE9956 #56EE99

tetradic

#9956EE #EE565F #ABEE56 #56EEE5

square

#9956EE #EE565F #ABEE56 #56EEE5

split-complementary

#9956EE #EEE556 #5FEE56

monochromatic

#5B12B7 #771EE8 #9956EE #BB8EF4 #DCC5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#9956EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#9956EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9956EE

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9956EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9956EE	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0779EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86789B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9956ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 86, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.219 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc89f4',
    500: '#9956ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9956ee;
$custom-light: #bc89f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9956ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.447,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60564,
    "c": 0.21883,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9956EE

secondary

#D3EBB5

accent

#DE077F

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9956EE

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

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