#9959EE#9959EE

#9959EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.215 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9959EE
RGB	rgb(153, 89, 238)
HSL	hsl(266, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(266, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 62.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, 55.50, -65.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 85.93, 310.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% 0.1067 -0.1865)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.215 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1381, 20.0898, 83.0569)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9959EE #AEEE59

analogous

#5964EE #9959EE #E459EE

triadic

#9959EE #EE9959 #59EE99

tetradic

#9959EE #EE5964 #AEEE59 #59EEE4

square

#9959EE #EE5964 #AEEE59 #59EEE4

split-complementary

#9959EE #EEE459 #64EE59

monochromatic

#5B13BA #7721E8 #9959EE #BB91F4 #DDC8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#9959EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#9959EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9959EE

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9959EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9959EE	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#167BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9959ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 89, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.215 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8bf4',
    500: '#9959ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9959ee;
$custom-light: #bc8bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9959ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.772,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60966,
    "c": 0.21491,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9959EE

secondary

#D5EBB7

accent

#DE0882

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9959EE

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

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