#9971BB#9971BB

#9971BB is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.117 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9971BB
RGB	rgb(153, 113, 187)
HSL	hsl(272, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 39.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, 30.11, -33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 44.71, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% 0.072 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.117 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0099, 22.1707, 49.8079)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9971BB #93BB71

analogous

#7471BB #9971BB #BB71B8

triadic

#9971BB #BB9971 #71BB99

tetradic

#9971BB #BB7471 #93BB71 #71B8BB

square

#9971BB #BB7471 #93BB71 #71B8BB

split-complementary

#9971BB #B8BB71 #71BB74

monochromatic

#5B3A78 #7B4DA1 #9971BB #B79ACF #D4C4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#9971BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#9971BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9971BB

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9971BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9971BB	1.00	3.86	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6180BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B82B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9971bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 113, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.117 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b89acf',
    500: '#9971bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9971bb;
$custom-light: #b89acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9971bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.432,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61734,
    "c": 0.1165,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9971BB

secondary

#C3D2B5

accent

#CB5D8F

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110E14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9971BB

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

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