#9C59DD#9C59DD

#9C59DD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.196 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C59DD
RGB	rgb(156, 89, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(270, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 59.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, 52.07, -57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 77.36, 312.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% 0.1114 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.196 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3309, 19.4333, 70.5457)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C59DD #9ADD59

analogous

#5A59DD #9C59DD #DD59DC

triadic

#9C59DD #DD9C59 #59DD9C

tetradic

#9C59DD #DD5A59 #9ADD59 #59DCDD

square

#9C59DD #DD5A59 #9ADD59 #59DCDD

split-complementary

#9C59DD #DCDD59 #59DD5A

monochromatic

#5F209C #7E2ACF #9C59DD #BA8CE7 #D9BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#9C59DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#9C59DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C59DD

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C59DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C59DD	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1578E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7ADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c59dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 89, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.196 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8be8',
    500: '#9c59dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c59dd;
$custom-light: #bd8be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c59dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.455,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60152,
    "c": 0.19644,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C59DD

secondary

#C9E2B0

accent

#CE1871

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C59DD

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

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