#9959E4#9959E4

#9959E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.204 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9959E4
RGB	rgb(153, 89, 228)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(268, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 61%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, 53.06, -61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 80.87, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% 0.1073 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.204 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7095, 19.5184, 75.5333)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9959E4 #A4E459

analogous

#595FE4 #9959E4 #DF59E4

triadic

#9959E4 #E49959 #59E499

tetradic

#9959E4 #E4595F #A4E459 #59E4DF

square

#9959E4 #E4595F #A4E459 #59E4DF

split-complementary

#9959E4 #E4DF59 #5FE459

monochromatic

#5C1BA7 #7924DB #9959E4 #B98EED #DAC2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#9959E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#9959E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9959E4

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9959E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9959E4	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D7AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9959e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 89, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.204 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8bed',
    500: '#9959e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9959e4;
$custom-light: #bc8bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9959e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.626,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60288,
    "c": 0.20367,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9959E4

secondary

#CEE6B3

accent

#D4117A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9959E4

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

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