CSS named color

Dark Orchid #9932CC

The CSS keyword darkorchid is #9932CC. It is a vivid violet in the violet family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.541, chroma 0.227 and hue 311.5°.

Relative luminance: 0.1341
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.541 · 0.227 · 311.5
Best text: White 5.70:1
Hue family: Violet

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#9932CC color codes

HEX: #9932CC
RGB: rgb(153, 50, 204)
HSL: hsl(280, 61%, 50%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.541 0.227 311.5)
OKLab: oklab(0.541 0.151 -0.170)
CIELAB (D65): L* 43.38, a* 65.15, b* -60.10
XYZ (D65): X 25.17, Y 13.41, Z 58.38
CMYK (naive): cmyk(25%, 75%, 0%, 20%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #9932CC accessible?

White text on it reaches 5.70:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 3.68:1, enough for large text only.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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Black text on it

3.68:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +26
White text on it

5.70:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −82
As text on black

3.68:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −24
As text on white

5.70:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +77

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#9932CC 5.70:1

It already reaches 5.70:1 on white, so no change is needed.
For text on black

#A944DD 4.55:1

Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.54 to 0.59 reaches 4.55:1 on black, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System

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Studio

Adjust #9932CC live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #9932CC

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #9932CC sits at step 600.

50#F9F2FF

White
1.09
Black
19.17
100#F4E4FF

White
1.20
Black
17.38
200#E9C9FF

White
1.47
Black
14.26
300#DBA3FF

White
1.96
Black
10.69
400#CC73FF

White
2.81
Black
7.46
500#B24FE7

White
4.06
Black
5.16
600This color#9932CC

White
5.70
Black
3.68
700#7F11AE

White
8.09
Black
2.59
800#5F0084

White
11.53
Black
1.81
900#3F0059

White
15.49
Black
1.35
950#240036

White
18.61
Black
1.12

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #9932CC can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.272; #9932CC uses 84% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.288 there: 6% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.227
sRGB edge: 0.272
Display P3 edge: 0.288
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.324
Dominant wavelength: Complementary 562 nm
Excitation purity: 63%
Chromaticity: x 0.2596, y 0.1383

This color#9932CC
Most vivid in sRGB#A100DD
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.541 0.288 311.5)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #9932cc;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.5855 0 0.8603); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #9932CC

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#CC99E6
OKLab50%#CC9FE9
OKLCH50%#CC9FE9

Black #000000

sRGB50%#4D1966
OKLab50%#380D4E
OKLCH50%#380D4E

Its complement #4D7F00

sRGB50%#735966
OKLab50%#766980
OKLCH50%#007B98

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #9932cc, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #9932cc 50%, white);

In use

#9932CC in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:15.70:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:15.70:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:15.70:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:15.70:1 Passes

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:15.70:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.28:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:13.28:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.28:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #B14DE6 4.52:1

Color vision

How #9932CC looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 29.6; tritanopia changes it least, 17.8.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#0062D0 ΔE2000 24.2

Distinct

Reads as vivid blue
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#1468C9 ΔE2000 26.2

Distinct

Reads as soft blue
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#92567E ΔE2000 17.8

Distinct

Reads as muted magenta
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#666666 ΔE2000 29.6

Distinct

Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #4D7F00. Their lightness contrast is only 1.18:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#9932CC · #4D7F00	82.4	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#0062D0 · #857400	59.5	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#1468C9 · #7E7016	55.2	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#92567E · #4E796B	33.8	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#666666 · #727272	4.6	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #9932CC

Its complement is #4D7F00, a soft green.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#9932CC
Complement#4D7F00

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

−30°#624DEC
Base#9932CC
+30°#BD0F94

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#9932CC
+120°#986200
+240°#00807C

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#9932CC
+150°#7D7000
+210°#008458

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-darkorchid: #9932cc;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        darkorchid: '#9932cc',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-darkorchid: oklch(0.541 0.227 311.5);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "darkorchid": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.6, 0.1961, 0.8],
        "hex": "#9932cc"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color darkorchid"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let darkorchid = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.600, green: 0.196, blue: 0.800, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Darkorchid = Color(0xFF9932CC)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

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Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.

Dark Orchid #9932CC

#9932CC color codes

Contrast: is #9932CC accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #9932CC live

Shades and tints of #9932CC

How vivid #9932CC can get

Mixing #9932CC

#9932CC in an interface

How #9932CC looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #9932CC

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #9932CC in the tools