#9E55E6#9E55E6

#9E55E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.212 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E55E6
RGB	rgb(158, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(270, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(270, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, 56.64, -62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 84.13, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% 0.1182 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.212 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6287, 19.4794, 76.9412)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E55E6 #9DE655

analogous

#5655E6 #9E55E6 #E655E5

triadic

#9E55E6 #E69E55 #55E69E

tetradic

#9E55E6 #E65655 #9DE655 #55E5E6

square

#9E55E6 #E65655 #9DE655 #55E5E6

split-complementary

#9E55E6 #E5E655 #55E656

monochromatic

#6119A8 #8021DD #9E55E6 #BC8AEE #DBC0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#9E55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#9E55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E55E6

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E55E6	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A7AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.212 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf89ef',
    500: '#9e55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e55e6;
$custom-light: #bf89ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.207,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60423,
    "c": 0.21233,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E55E6

secondary

#CBE6B1

accent

#D60F72

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E55E6

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

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