#9E55DD#9E55DD

#9E55DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.203 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E55DD
RGB	rgb(158, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 61.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 54.55, -58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 79.65, 313.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% 0.1187 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.203 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3974, 18.9868, 70.4560)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E55DD #94DD55

analogous

#5A55DD #9E55DD #DD55D8

triadic

#9E55DD #DD9E55 #55DD9E

tetradic

#9E55DD #DD5A55 #94DD55 #55D8DD

square

#9E55DD #DD5A55 #94DD55 #55D8DD

split-complementary

#9E55DD #D8DD55 #55DD5A

monochromatic

#601F99 #8029CC #9E55DD #BB88E7 #D8BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#9E55DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#9E55DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E55DD

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E55DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E55DD	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3879DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e55dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.203 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf89e8',
    500: '#9e55dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e55dd;
$custom-light: #bf89e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e55dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.206,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59827,
    "c": 0.20257,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E55DD

secondary

#C5E1AD

accent

#EA3E8E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E55DD

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

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