#9959E9#9959E9

#9959E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.209 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9959E9
RGB	rgb(153, 89, 233)
HSL	hsl(267, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(267, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 61.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.61, 54.27, -63.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.61, 83.40, 310.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% 0.107 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.209 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4137, 19.8001, 79.2418)
Luminance	0.1980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9959E9 #A9E959

analogous

#5961E9 #9959E9 #E159E9

triadic

#9959E9 #E99959 #59E999

tetradic

#9959E9 #E95961 #A9E959 #59E9E1

square

#9959E9 #E95961 #A9E959 #59E9E1

split-complementary

#9959E9 #E9E159 #61E959

monochromatic

#5B17B0 #7823E2 #9959E9 #BA8FF0 #DBC5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#9959E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#9959E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9959E9

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9959E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9959E9	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#247AE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#887899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9959e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 89, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.209 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8bf1',
    500: '#9959e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9959e9;
$custom-light: #bc8bf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9959e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60624,
    "c": 0.2093,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9959E9

secondary

#D2E9B5

accent

#D90D7E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9959E9

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

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