#9F55DD#9F55DD

#9F55DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.203 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F55DD
RGB	rgb(159, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(273, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 61.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 54.78, -57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 79.66, 313.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.12 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.203 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5949, 19.0887, 70.4653)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F55DD #93DD55

analogous

#5B55DD #9F55DD #DD55D7

triadic

#9F55DD #DD9F55 #55DD9F

tetradic

#9F55DD #DD5B55 #93DD55 #55D7DD

square

#9F55DD #DD5B55 #93DD55 #55D7DD

split-complementary

#9F55DD #D7DD55 #55DD5B

monochromatic

#611F99 #8229CC #9F55DD #BC88E7 #D9BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#9F55DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#9F55DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F55DD

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F55DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F55DD	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0177E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3979DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f55dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.203 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf89e8',
    500: '#9f55dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f55dd;
$custom-light: #bf89e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f55dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.647,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59939,
    "c": 0.20283,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F55DD

secondary

#C5E1AD

accent

#EA3E8C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F55DD

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

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