#9956EF#9956EF

#9956EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.220 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9956EF
RGB	rgb(153, 86, 239)
HSL	hsl(266, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(266, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 64%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.45, 57.25, -66.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.45, 88.09, 310.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% 0.1099 -0.1905)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.22 300)
XYZ	xyz(32.0408, 19.6596, 83.7512)
Luminance	0.1966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9956EF #ACEF56

analogous

#565FEF #9956EF #E656EF

triadic

#9956EF #EF9956 #56EF99

tetradic

#9956EF #EF565F #ACEF56 #56EFE6

square

#9956EF #EF565F #ACEF56 #56EFE6

split-complementary

#9956EF #EFE656 #5FEF56

monochromatic

#5B12B9 #771EEA #9956EF #BB8EF4 #DCC6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#9956EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#9956EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9956EF

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9956EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9956EF	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0179EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86789B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9956ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 86, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.220 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd89f5',
    500: '#9956ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9956ef;
$custom-light: #bd89f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9956ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.275,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60634,
    "c": 0.21993,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.1966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9956EF

secondary

#D4EBB5

accent

#DF0680

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9956EF

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

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