#9F56DD#9F56DD

#9F56DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.201 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F56DD
RGB	rgb(159, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(272, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, 54.28, -57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 79.10, 313.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% 0.1188 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.201 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6742, 19.2472, 70.4917)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F56DD #94DD56

analogous

#5B56DD #9F56DD #DD56D8

triadic

#9F56DD #DD9F56 #56DD9F

tetradic

#9F56DD #DD5B56 #94DD56 #56D8DD

square

#9F56DD #DD5B56 #94DD56 #56D8DD

split-complementary

#9F56DD #D8DD56 #56DD5B

monochromatic

#611F9A #8229CD #9F56DD #BC89E7 #D9BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#9F56DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#9F56DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F56DD

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F56DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F56DD	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0977E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7ADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f56dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.201 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf89e8',
    500: '#9f56dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f56dd;
$custom-light: #bf89e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f56dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.444,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60073,
    "c": 0.20143,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F56DD

secondary

#C5E1AE

accent

#CE176B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F56DD

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

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