#9C55E6#9C55E6

#9C55E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.212 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C55E6
RGB	rgb(156, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(269, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(269, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, 56.21, -62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 84.13, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% 0.1156 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.212 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2384, 19.2781, 76.9229)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C55E6 #9FE655

analogous

#5557E6 #9C55E6 #E455E6

triadic

#9C55E6 #E69C55 #55E69C

tetradic

#9C55E6 #E65557 #9FE655 #55E6E4

square

#9C55E6 #E65557 #9FE655 #55E6E4

split-complementary

#9C55E6 #E6E455 #57E655

monochromatic

#5F19A8 #7D21DD #9C55E6 #BB8AEE #DAC0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#9C55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#9C55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C55E6

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C55E6	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2779E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.212 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be89ef',
    500: '#9c55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c55e6;
$custom-light: #be89ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.379,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60204,
    "c": 0.21191,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C55E6

secondary

#CCE6B1

accent

#D60F75

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C55E6

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

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