#9970C8#9970C8

#9970C8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.135 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9970C8
RGB	rgb(153, 112, 200)
HSL	hsl(268, 44%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(268, 44%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 44%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, 33.72, -39.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 52.24, 310.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.0758 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.135 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3542, 22.5309, 57.4348)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9970C8 #9FC870

analogous

#7073C8 #9970C8 #C570C8

triadic

#9970C8 #C89970 #70C899

tetradic

#9970C8 #C87073 #9FC870 #70C8C5

square

#9970C8 #C87073 #9FC870 #70C8C5

split-complementary

#9970C8 #C8C570 #73C870

monochromatic

#5C3589 #7A46B5 #9970C8 #B99CD9 #D8C8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#9970C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#9970C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9970C8

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9970C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9970C8	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5981CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6383C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9970c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 112, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.135 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b99ad9',
    500: '#9970c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9970c8;
$custom-light: #b99ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9970c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.955,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62219,
    "c": 0.13473,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9970C8

secondary

#CBDAB9

accent

#B82E77

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120E14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9970C8

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

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