#9851BB#9851BB

#9851BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.170 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9851BB
RGB	rgb(152, 81, 187)
HSL	hsl(280, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(280, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 56.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 47.48, -44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 64.84, 317.08°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% 0.116 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.17 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8594, 16.1488, 48.8116)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9851BB #74BB51

analogous

#6351BB #9851BB #BB51A9

triadic

#9851BB #BB9851 #51BB98

tetradic

#9851BB #BB6351 #74BB51 #51A9BB

square

#9851BB #BB6351 #74BB51 #51A9BB

split-complementary

#9851BB #A9BB51 #51BB63

monochromatic

#542969 #773A95 #9851BB #B27DCC #CCA9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#9851BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#9851BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9851BB

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9851BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9851BB	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#336CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C72B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95637E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9851bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 81, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.170 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b985d0',
    500: '#9851bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9851bb;
$custom-light: #b985d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9851bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.189,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56467,
    "c": 0.16954,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9851BB

secondary

#ACCB9D

accent

#D4547E

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#120B14

muted

#817C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9851BB

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

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