#9971CD#9971CD

#9971CD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.139 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9971CD
RGB	rgb(153, 113, 205)
HSL	hsl(266, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(266, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 44.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, 34.35, -41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 54.25, 309.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.0752 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.139 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0590, 22.9903, 60.5998)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9971CD #A5CD71

analogous

#7177CD #9971CD #C771CD

triadic

#9971CD #CD9971 #71CD99

tetradic

#9971CD #CD7177 #A5CD71 #71CDC7

square

#9971CD #CD7177 #A5CD71 #71CDC7

split-complementary

#9971CD #CDC771 #77CD71

monochromatic

#5C3391 #7844BD #9971CD #BA9EDD #DACCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#9971CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#9971CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9971CD

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9971CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9971CD	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5883D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6184CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9971cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 113, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.139 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b99adc',
    500: '#9971cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9971cd;
$custom-light: #b99adc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9971cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 47.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62657,
    "c": 0.13947,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9971CD

secondary

#CFDEBC

accent

#BB2A7C

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9971CD

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

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