#9D55EE#9D55EE

#9D55EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.221 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D55EE
RGB	rgb(157, 85, 238)
HSL	hsl(268, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 64.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, 58.32, -66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 88.11, 311.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% 0.1163 -0.1877)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.221 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5821, 19.8380, 82.9849)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D55EE #A6EE55

analogous

#5559EE #9D55EE #E955EE

triadic

#9D55EE #EE9D55 #55EE9D

tetradic

#9D55EE #EE5559 #A6EE55 #55EEE9

square

#9D55EE #EE5559 #A6EE55 #55EEE9

split-complementary

#9D55EE #EEE955 #59EE55

monochromatic

#5F12B6 #7D1DE8 #9D55EE #BD8DF4 #DDC4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#9D55EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#9D55EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D55EE

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D55EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D55EE	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#147AEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C779A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d55ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 85, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.221 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf89f4',
    500: '#9d55ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d55ee;
$custom-light: #bf89f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d55ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60861,
    "c": 0.2208,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D55EE

secondary

#D1EBB4

accent

#DE0779

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8F0FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D55EE

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

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