#9C55DD#9C55DD

#9C55DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.202 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C55DD
RGB	rgb(156, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(271, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 61.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 54.10, -58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 79.63, 312.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% 0.1161 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.202 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0071, 18.7856, 70.4377)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C55DD #96DD55

analogous

#5855DD #9C55DD #DD55DA

triadic

#9C55DD #DD9C55 #55DD9C

tetradic

#9C55DD #DD5855 #96DD55 #55DADD

square

#9C55DD #DD5855 #96DD55 #55DADD

split-complementary

#9C55DD #DADD55 #55DD58

monochromatic

#5F1F99 #7E29CC #9C55DD #BA88E7 #D7BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#9C55DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#9C55DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C55DD

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C55DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C55DD	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3578DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c55dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.202 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd88e8',
    500: '#9c55dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c55dd;
$custom-light: #bd88e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c55dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.324,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59603,
    "c": 0.20207,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C55DD

secondary

#C6E1AD

accent

#EA3E90

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C55DD

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

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