#9C55EE#9C55EE

#9C55EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.221 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C55EE
RGB	rgb(156, 85, 238)
HSL	hsl(268, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 64.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, 58.12, -66.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 88.12, 311.26°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% 0.115 -0.1883)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.221 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3877, 19.7378, 82.9758)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C55EE #A7EE55

analogous

#555AEE #9C55EE #E855EE

triadic

#9C55EE #EE9C55 #55EE9C

tetradic

#9C55EE #EE555A #A7EE55 #55EEE8

square

#9C55EE #EE555A #A7EE55 #55EEE8

split-complementary

#9C55EE #EEE855 #5AEE55

monochromatic

#5E12B6 #7C1DE8 #9C55EE #BC8DF4 #DDC4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#9C55EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#9C55EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C55EE

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C55EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C55EE	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#107AEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B779A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c55ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 85, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.221 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be89f4',
    500: '#9c55ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c55ee;
$custom-light: #be89f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c55ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.843,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60753,
    "c": 0.22063,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C55EE

secondary

#D1EBB4

accent

#DE077A

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C55EE

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

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