#9C55DC#9C55DC

#9C55DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.201 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C55DC
RGB	rgb(156, 85, 220)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(272, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 61.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.37, 53.87, -57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.37, 79.13, 312.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.1162 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.201 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8743, 18.7324, 69.7382)
Luminance	0.1873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C55DC #95DC55

analogous

#5955DC #9C55DC #DC55D8

triadic

#9C55DC #DC9C55 #55DC9C

tetradic

#9C55DC #DC5955 #95DC55 #55D8DC

square

#9C55DC #DC5955 #95DC55 #55D8DC

split-complementary

#9C55DC #D8DC55 #55DC59

monochromatic

#5E1F97 #7E2ACA #9C55DC #BA88E6 #D7BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#9C55DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#9C55DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C55DC

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C55DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C55DC	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3678D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c55dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 85, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.201 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd88e8',
    500: '#9c55dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c55dc;
$custom-light: #bd88e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c55dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.556,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59538,
    "c": 0.20097,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C55DC

secondary

#C5E0AC

accent

#E93F8F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C55DC

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

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