#9960EE#9960EE

#9960EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.205 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9960EE
RGBrgb(153, 96, 238)
HSLhsl(264, 81%, 65%)
HSVhsv(264, 60%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(35.7%, 59.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(53.29, 51.87, -63.43)
CIE-LCHlch(53.29, 81.94, 309.28°)
OKLaboklab(61.95% 0.0988 -0.1802)
OKLCHoklch(61.95% 0.205 298.7)
XYZxyz(32.7485, 21.3107, 83.2604)
Luminance0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9960EE #B5EE60
analogous
#606EEE #9960EE #E060EE
triadic
#9960EE #EE9960 #60EE99
tetradic
#9960EE #EE606E #B5EE60 #60EEE0
square
#9960EE #EE606E #B5EE60 #60EEE0
split-complementary
#9960EE #EEE060 #6EEE60
monochromatic
#5914BF #7629E8 #9960EE #BC97F4 #E0CFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99
#9960EE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26
#9960EE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9960EE
5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9960EE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9960EE1.003.995.265.26
#FFFFFF3.991.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2621.001.001.00
##0000005.2621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#007FF3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2A7EEB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#867E9E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9960ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 96, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.205 298.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc90f4',
    500: '#9960ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9960ee;
$custom-light: #bc90f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9960ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.085,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61946,
    "c": 0.20548,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9960EE
secondary
#DAEDBD
accent
#DD0888
background
#FCF8FF
surface
#F8F0FE
border
#D1CBD6
text
#120D17
muted
#817D85

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#9960EE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva