#9D56DD#9D56DD

#9D56DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.201 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D56DD
RGB	rgb(157, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(272, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, 53.82, -57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 79.08, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.1163 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.201 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2807, 19.0443, 70.4733)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D56DD #96DD56

analogous

#5A56DD #9D56DD #DD56D9

triadic

#9D56DD #DD9D56 #56DD9D

tetradic

#9D56DD #DD5A56 #96DD56 #56D9DD

square

#9D56DD #DD5A56 #96DD56 #56D9DD

split-complementary

#9D56DD #D9DD56 #56DD5A

monochromatic

#5F1F9A #7F29CD #9D56DD #BB89E7 #D8BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#9D56DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#9D56DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D56DD

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D56DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D56DD	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0477E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3879DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d56dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.201 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be89e8',
    500: '#9d56dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d56dd;
$custom-light: #be89e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d56dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5985,
    "c": 0.20092,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D56DD

secondary

#C6E1AE

accent

#CE176E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D56DD

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

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