#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
RGBrgb(153, 89, 233)
HSLhsl(267, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(267, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(34.3%, 61.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(51.61, 54.27, -63.33)
CIE-LCHlch(51.61, 83.40, 310.60°)
OKLaboklab(60.62% 0.107 -0.1799)
OKLCHoklch(60.62% 0.209 300.8)
XYZxyz(31.4137, 19.8001, 79.2418)
Luminance0.1980 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##9959E91.004.234.964.96
#FFFFFF4.231.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9621.001.001.00
##0000004.9621.001.001.00

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

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#9959E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva