#9959DC#9959DC

#9959DC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.195 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9959DC
RGB	rgb(153, 89, 220)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(269, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 59.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 51.14, -57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 76.81, 311.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% 0.1076 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.195 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6246, 19.0844, 69.8192)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9959DC #9CDC59

analogous

#595ADC #9959DC #DA59DC

triadic

#9959DC #DC9959 #59DC99

tetradic

#9959DC #DC595A #9CDC59 #59DCDA

square

#9959DC #DC595A #9CDC59 #59DCDA

split-complementary

#9959DC #DCDA59 #5ADC59

monochromatic

#5C209A #7A2BCD #9959DC #B88CE7 #D7BEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#9959DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#9959DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9959DC

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9959DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9959DC	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1477E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3879D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9959dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 89, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.195 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb8be8',
    500: '#9959dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9959dc;
$custom-light: #bb8be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9959dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.313,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59761,
    "c": 0.19462,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9959DC

secondary

#C9E1AF

accent

#CD1875

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9959DC

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

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