#9C55E9#9C55E9

#9C55E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.215 H 302.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9C55E9
RGBrgb(156, 85, 233)
HSLhsl(269, 77%, 62%)
HSVhsv(269, 64%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(33%, 63.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(51.21, 56.92, -63.96)
CIE-LCHlch(51.21, 85.62, 311.67°)
OKLaboklab(60.41% 0.1154 -0.1816)
OKLCHoklch(60.41% 0.215 302.4)
XYZxyz(31.6633, 19.4481, 79.1607)
Luminance0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9C55E9 #A2E955
analogous
#5558E9 #9C55E9 #E655E9
triadic
#9C55E9 #E99C55 #55E99C
tetradic
#9C55E9 #E95558 #A2E955 #55E9E6
square
#9C55E9 #E95558 #A2E955 #55E9E6
split-complementary
#9C55E9 #E9E655 #58E955
monochromatic
#5F16AD #7C1FE2 #9C55E9 #BC8BF0 #DBC1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29
#9C55E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89
#9C55E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C55E9
4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9C55E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9C55E91.004.294.894.89
#FFFFFF4.291.0021.0021.00
#0000004.8921.001.001.00
##0000004.8921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0079EE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2079E6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8D7598
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9c55e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 85, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.215 302.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be89f1',
    500: '#9c55e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9c55e9;
$custom-light: #be89f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9c55e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.784,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60408,
    "c": 0.21518,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9C55E9
secondary
#CEE8B2
accent
#D90C77
background
#FCF8FE
surface
#F8F0FD
border
#D1CBD5
text
#130C17
muted
#827D85

Preview Lab

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#9C55E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva