#9959CD#9959CD

#9959CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.178 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9959CD
RGB	rgb(153, 89, 205)
HSL	hsl(273, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(273, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.89, 47.60, -50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.89, 69.19, 313.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% 0.1075 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.178 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7264, 18.3252, 59.8222)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9959CD #8DCD59

analogous

#5F59CD #9959CD #CD59C7

triadic

#9959CD #CD9959 #59CD99

tetradic

#9959CD #CD5F59 #8DCD59 #59C7CD

square

#9959CD #CD5F59 #8DCD59 #59C7CD

split-complementary

#9959CD #C7CD59 #59CD5F

monochromatic

#5B2884 #7B36B3 #9959CD #B688DB #D3B7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#9959CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#9959CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9959CD

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9959CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9959CD	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F74D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4777CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9959cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 89, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.178 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8add',
    500: '#9959cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9959cd;
$custom-light: #ba8add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9959cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.103,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58817,
    "c": 0.1776,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9959CD

secondary

#BED8AA

accent

#DD4B8C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F7F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9959CD

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

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