#9959EF#9959EF

#9959EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.216 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9959EF
RGB	rgb(153, 89, 239)
HSL	hsl(266, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(266, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 62.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.00, 55.74, -66.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.00, 86.43, 310.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.1066 -0.1879)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.216 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2854, 20.1487, 83.8328)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9959EF #AFEF59

analogous

#5964EF #9959EF #E459EF

triadic

#9959EF #EF9959 #59EF99

tetradic

#9959EF #EF5964 #AFEF59 #59EFE4

square

#9959EF #EF5964 #AFEF59 #59EFE4

split-complementary

#9959EF #EFE459 #64EF59

monochromatic

#5A12BC #7721EA #9959EF #BB91F4 #DEC9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#9959EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#9959EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9959EF

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9959EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9959EF	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#127BEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9959ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 89, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.216 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8bf5',
    500: '#9959ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9959ef;
$custom-light: #bc8bf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9959ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.6,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61035,
    "c": 0.21603,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9959EF

secondary

#D6ECB8

accent

#DF0783

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9959EF

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

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