#9960CC#9960CC

#9960CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.166 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9960CC
RGB	rgb(153, 96, 204)
HSL	hsl(272, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 52.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.26, 43.61, -47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.26, 64.44, 312.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% 0.0983 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.166 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2166, 19.4979, 59.3920)
Luminance	0.1950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9960CC #93CC60

analogous

#6360CC #9960CC #CC60C9

triadic

#9960CC #CC9960 #60CC99

tetradic

#9960CC #CC6360 #93CC60 #60C9CC

square

#9960CC #CC6360 #93CC60 #60C9CC

split-complementary

#9960CC #C9CC60 #60CC63

monochromatic

#5B2B86 #7B3AB5 #9960CC #B78EDB #D4BDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#9960CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#9960CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9960CC

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9960CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9960CC	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E78D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507BC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91738D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9960cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 96, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.166 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8fdc',
    500: '#9960cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9960cc;
$custom-light: #ba8fdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9960cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 51.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59812,
    "c": 0.16562,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9960CC

secondary

#C3D9AF

accent

#DB4D90

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9960CC

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

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