#9D55E5#9D55E5

#9D55E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.211 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D55E5
RGB	rgb(157, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(270, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.06, 56.19, -61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.06, 83.63, 312.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% 0.117 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.211 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2928, 19.3223, 76.1945)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D55E5 #9DE555

analogous

#5555E5 #9D55E5 #E555E5

triadic

#9D55E5 #E59D55 #55E59D

tetradic

#9D55E5 #E55555 #9DE555 #55E5E5

square

#9D55E5 #E55555 #9DE555 #55E5E5

split-complementary

#9D55E5 #E5E555 #55E555

monochromatic

#6019A6 #7E22DB #9D55E5 #BC8AED #DABFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#9D55E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#9D55E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D55E5

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D55E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D55E5	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)

#0078E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A79E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d55e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.211 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be89ee',
    500: '#9d55e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d55e5;
$custom-light: #be89ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d55e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60246,
    "c": 0.21103,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D55E5

secondary

#CBE6B0

accent

#D61073

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D55E5

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

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