#9959E6#9959E6

#9959E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.206 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9959E6
RGB	rgb(153, 89, 230)
HSL	hsl(267, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(267, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 61.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, 53.54, -61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 81.89, 310.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% 0.1072 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.206 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9888, 19.6301, 77.0040)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9959E6 #A6E659

analogous

#5960E6 #9959E6 #DF59E6

triadic

#9959E6 #E69959 #59E699

tetradic

#9959E6 #E65960 #A6E659 #59E6DF

square

#9959E6 #E65960 #A6E659 #59E6DF

split-complementary

#9959E6 #E6DF59 #60E659

monochromatic

#5C1AAB #7824DE #9959E6 #BA8EEE #DAC3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#9959E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#9959E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9959E6

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9959E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9959E6	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#297AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9959e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 89, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.206 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8bef',
    500: '#9959e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9959e6;
$custom-light: #bc8bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9959e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.234,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60421,
    "c": 0.20592,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9959E6

secondary

#D0E7B4

accent

#D6107C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9959E6

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

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