#9E55DB#9E55DB

#9E55DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.200 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E55DB
RGB	rgb(158, 85, 219)
HSL	hsl(273, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(273, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 61.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, 54.09, -57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 78.65, 313.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% 0.1188 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.2 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1325, 18.8809, 69.0611)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E55DB #92DB55

analogous

#5B55DB #9E55DB #DB55D5

triadic

#9E55DB #DB9E55 #55DB9E

tetradic

#9E55DB #DB5B55 #92DB55 #55D5DB

square

#9E55DB #DB5B55 #92DB55 #55D5DB

split-complementary

#9E55DB #D5DB55 #55DB5B

monochromatic

#602096 #802AC8 #9E55DB #BB88E6 #D8BAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#9E55DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#9E55DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E55DB

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E55DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E55DB	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0876DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A79D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e55db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 85, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.200 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf89e7',
    500: '#9e55db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e55db;
$custom-light: #bf89e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e55db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.687,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59697,
    "c": 0.2004,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E55DB

secondary

#C4E0AC

accent

#E8408C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E55DB

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

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