#9E55E5#9E55E5

#9E55E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.211 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E55E5
RGB	rgb(158, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(270, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, 56.41, -61.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 83.63, 312.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% 0.1183 -0.175)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.211 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4887, 19.4233, 76.2037)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E55E5 #9CE555

analogous

#5655E5 #9E55E5 #E555E4

triadic

#9E55E5 #E59E55 #55E59E

tetradic

#9E55E5 #E55655 #9CE555 #55E4E5

square

#9E55E5 #E55655 #9CE555 #55E4E5

split-complementary

#9E55E5 #E4E555 #55E556

monochromatic

#6119A6 #8022DB #9E55E5 #BC8AED #DBBFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#9E55E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#9E55E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E55E5

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E55E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E55E5	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C7AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e55e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.211 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf89ee',
    500: '#9e55e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e55e5;
$custom-light: #bf89ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e55e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.417,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60356,
    "c": 0.21125,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E55E5

secondary

#CBE6B0

accent

#D61071

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E55E5

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

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