#9959E8#9959E8

#9959E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.208 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9959E8
RGB	rgb(153, 89, 232)
HSL	hsl(267, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(267, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 61.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.55, 54.03, -62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.55, 82.90, 310.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% 0.1071 -0.1785)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.208 301)
XYZ	xyz(31.2713, 19.7431, 78.4916)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9959E8 #A8E859

analogous

#5960E8 #9959E8 #E059E8

triadic

#9959E8 #E89959 #59E899

tetradic

#9959E8 #E85960 #A8E859 #59E8E0

square

#9959E8 #E85960 #A8E859 #59E8E0

split-complementary

#9959E8 #E8E059 #60E859

monochromatic

#5B18AE #7823E1 #9959E8 #BA8FEF #DBC5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#9959E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#9959E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9959E8

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9959E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9959E8	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#267AE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#887898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9959e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 89, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.208 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8bf0',
    500: '#9959e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9959e8;
$custom-light: #bc8bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9959e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.853,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60556,
    "c": 0.20817,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.19743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9959E8

secondary

#D1E8B5

accent

#D80E7D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9959E8

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

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