#9959DB#9959DB

#9959DB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.193 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9959DB
RGB	rgb(153, 89, 219)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 59.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.72, 50.90, -56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.72, 76.30, 311.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% 0.1076 -0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.193 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4926, 19.0316, 69.1238)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9959DB #9BDB59

analogous

#595ADB #9959DB #DA59DB

triadic

#9959DB #DB9959 #59DB99

tetradic

#9959DB #DB595A #9BDB59 #59DBDA

square

#9959DB #DB595A #9BDB59 #59DBDA

split-complementary

#9959DB #DBDA59 #5ADB59

monochromatic

#5C2199 #7A2CCB #9959DB #B88BE6 #D7BEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#9959DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#9959DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9959DB

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9959DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9959DB	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1777DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3979D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9959db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 89, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.193 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8be7',
    500: '#9959db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9959db;
$custom-light: #bb8be7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9959db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.538,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59697,
    "c": 0.19349,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9959DB

secondary

#C8E1AF

accent

#CC1974

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9959DB

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

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