#9A55E6#9A55E6

#9A55E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.212 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A55E6
RGB	rgb(154, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(269, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(269, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.78, 55.79, -62.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.78, 84.13, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% 0.113 -0.1788)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.212 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8545, 19.0801, 76.9049)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9A55E6 #A1E655

analogous

#5559E6 #9A55E6 #E355E6

triadic

#9A55E6 #E69A55 #55E69A

tetradic

#9A55E6 #E65559 #A1E655 #55E6E3

square

#9A55E6 #E65559 #A1E655 #55E6E3

split-complementary

#9A55E6 #E6E355 #59E655

monochromatic

#5D19A8 #7A21DD #9A55E6 #BA8AEE #D9C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#9A55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#9A55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A55E6

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A55E6	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2378E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.212 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd89ef',
    500: '#9a55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a55e6;
$custom-light: #bd89ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.552,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59986,
    "c": 0.21151,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A55E6

secondary

#CDE6B1

accent

#D60F78

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A55E6

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

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