#9C55E5#9C55E5

#9C55E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.211 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C55E5
RGB	rgb(156, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(270, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.95, 55.98, -62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.95, 83.63, 312.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.1157 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.211 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0984, 19.2221, 76.1854)
Luminance	0.1922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C55E5 #9EE555

analogous

#5556E5 #9C55E5 #E455E5

triadic

#9C55E5 #E59C55 #55E59C

tetradic

#9C55E5 #E55556 #9EE555 #55E5E4

square

#9C55E5 #E55556 #9EE555 #55E5E4

split-complementary

#9C55E5 #E5E455 #56E555

monochromatic

#5F19A6 #7D22DB #9C55E5 #BB8AED #DABFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#9C55E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#9C55E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C55E5

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C55E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C55E5	1.00	4.33	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2879E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c55e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.211 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be89ee',
    500: '#9c55e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c55e5;
$custom-light: #be89ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c55e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.583,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60136,
    "c": 0.21082,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C55E5

secondary

#CBE6B0

accent

#D61074

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C55E5

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

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