#9957CC#9957CC

#9957CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.179 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9957CC
RGB	rgb(153, 87, 204)
HSL	hsl(274, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 57.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.43, 48.42, -50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.43, 69.86, 313.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.1101 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.179 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4419, 17.9487, 59.1338)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9957CC #8ACC57

analogous

#5F57CC #9957CC #CC57C5

triadic

#9957CC #CC9957 #57CC99

tetradic

#9957CC #CC5F57 #8ACC57 #57C5CC

square

#9957CC #CC5F57 #8ACC57 #57C5CC

split-complementary

#9957CC #C5CC57 #57CC5F

monochromatic

#5A2781 #7B36B0 #9957CC #B686DA #D2B5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#9957CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#9957CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9957CC

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9957CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9957CC	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C73D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4676C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9957cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 87, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.179 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba89dc',
    500: '#9957cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9957cc;
$custom-light: #ba89dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9957cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.846,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58465,
    "c": 0.17949,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9957CC

secondary

#BCD7A8

accent

#DD4B8B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9957CC

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

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