#9959DD#9959DD

#9959DD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.196 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9959DD
RGB	rgb(153, 89, 221)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(269, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 59.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.85, 51.38, -57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.85, 77.32, 311.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% 0.1075 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.196 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7574, 19.1376, 70.5188)
Luminance	0.1914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9959DD #9DDD59

analogous

#595BDD #9959DD #DB59DD

triadic

#9959DD #DD9959 #59DD99

tetradic

#9959DD #DD595B #9DDD59 #59DDDB

square

#9959DD #DD595B #9DDD59 #59DDDB

split-complementary

#9959DD #DDDB59 #5BDD59

monochromatic

#5C209C #7A2ACF #9959DD #B88CE7 #D7BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#9959DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#9959DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9959DD

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9959DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9959DD	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1178E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3779DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9959dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 89, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.196 303.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9959dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.091,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59826,
    "c": 0.19575,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9959DD

secondary

#CAE2B0

accent

#CE1876

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9959DD

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

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