#9972EB#9972EB

#9972EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.176 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9972EB
RGB	rgb(153, 114, 235)
HSL	hsl(259, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 51.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, 41.29, -55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 69.56, 306.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% 0.0771 -0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.176 296)
XYZ	xyz(34.1458, 24.8045, 81.5699)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9972EB #C4EB72

analogous

#7287EB #9972EB #D572EB

triadic

#9972EB #EB9972 #72EB99

tetradic

#9972EB #EB7287 #C4EB72 #72EBD5

square

#9972EB #EB7287 #C4EB72 #72EBD5

split-complementary

#9972EB #EBD572 #87EB72

monochromatic

#531CC6 #723CE3 #9972EB #C0A8F3 #E7DDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#9972EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#9972EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9972EB

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9972EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9972EB	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4389EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C87E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9972eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 114, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.176 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9bf2',
    500: '#9972eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9972eb;
$custom-light: #bb9bf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9972eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.339,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64537,
    "c": 0.17607,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.24805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9972EB

secondary

#E3EFCA

accent

#D70E96

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9972EB

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

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