#9972FF#9972FF

#9972FF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.201 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9972FF
RGB	rgb(153, 114, 255)
HSL	hsl(257, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(257, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 55.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, 46.51, -65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 80.07, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% 0.0778 -0.1853)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.201 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1993, 26.0259, 97.6519)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9972FF #D8FF72

analogous

#7291FF #9972FF #E072FF

triadic

#9972FF #FF9972 #72FF99

tetradic

#9972FF #FF7291 #D8FF72 #72FFE0

square

#9972FF #FF7291 #D8FF72 #72FFE0

split-complementary

#9972FF #FFE072 #91FF72

monochromatic

#4400F7 #6D35FF #9972FF #C5AFFF #E9E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#9972FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#9972FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9972FF

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9972FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9972FF	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#288DFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3489FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E90AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9972ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 114, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.201 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9cff',
    500: '#9972ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9972ff;
$custom-light: #bc9cff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9972ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.596,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65787,
    "c": 0.20099,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9972FF

secondary

#EDF7D4

accent

#E600A6

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #9972FF

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

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