#9957CD#9957CD

#9957CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.181 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9957CD
RGB	rgb(153, 87, 205)
HSL	hsl(274, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 57.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 48.66, -50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 70.37, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% 0.1101 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.181 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5623, 17.9968, 59.7675)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9957CD #8BCD57

analogous

#5E57CD #9957CD #CD57C6

triadic

#9957CD #CD9957 #57CD99

tetradic

#9957CD #CD5E57 #8BCD57 #57C6CD

square

#9957CD #CD5E57 #8BCD57 #57C6CD

split-complementary

#9957CD #C6CD57 #57CD5E

monochromatic

#5A2783 #7B35B2 #9957CD #B686DB #D2B5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#9957CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#9957CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9957CD

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9957CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9957CD	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B73D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4576CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9957cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 87, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.181 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba89dd',
    500: '#9957cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9957cd;
$custom-light: #ba89dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9957cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.559,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58527,
    "c": 0.18061,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9957CD

secondary

#BDD8A8

accent

#DD4A8B

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9957CD

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

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