#9972EE#9972EE

#9972EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.180 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9972EE
RGB	rgb(153, 114, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(259, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 52.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, 42.06, -57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 71.14, 306.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% 0.0773 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.18 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5829, 24.9794, 83.8718)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9972EE #C7EE72

analogous

#7289EE #9972EE #D772EE

triadic

#9972EE #EE9972 #72EE99

tetradic

#9972EE #EE7289 #C7EE72 #72EED7

square

#9972EE #EE7289 #C7EE72 #72EED7

split-complementary

#9972EE #EED772 #89EE72

monochromatic

#5119CD #713BE7 #9972EE #C1A9F5 #E8DFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#9972EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#9972EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9972EE

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9972EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9972EE	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F8AF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4987EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#858BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9972ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 114, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.180 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9bf4',
    500: '#9972ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9972ee;
$custom-light: #bb9bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9972ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.871,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64719,
    "c": 0.17985,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9972EE

secondary

#E5F0CC

accent

#DB0B99

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F7F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9972EE

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

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