#9236D9#9236D9

#9236D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.233 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9236D9
RGB	rgb(146, 54, 217)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 75.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.89, 65.17, -66.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.89, 93.33, 314.29°)
OKLab	oklab(54.56% 0.1353 -0.1901)
OKLCH	oklch(54.56% 0.233 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6948, 13.7593, 66.9343)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9236D9 #7DD936

analogous

#4036D9 #9236D9 #D936CE

triadic

#9236D9 #D99236 #36D992

tetradic

#9236D9 #D94036 #7DD936 #36CED9

square

#9236D9 #D94036 #7DD936 #36CED9

split-complementary

#9236D9 #CED936 #36D940

monochromatic

#51187D #7221B0 #9236D9 #AE69E3 #CA9DEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#9236D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#9236D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9236D9

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9236D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9236D9	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9236d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(146, 54, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.233 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b876e6',
    500: '#9236d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9236d9;
$custom-light: #b876e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9236d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 146,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.865,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54564,
    "c": 0.23339,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9236D9

secondary

#B1D992

accent

#EB3D89

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9236D9

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

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