#9857AA#9857AA

#9857AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.141 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9857AA
RGB	rgb(152, 87, 170)
HSL	hsl(287, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(287, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 48.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 40.66, -33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 52.82, 320.34°)
OKLab	oklab(56.41% 0.106 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(56.41% 0.141 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6118, 16.3949, 39.9432)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9857AA #69AA57

analogous

#6E57AA #9857AA #AA5792

triadic

#9857AA #AA9857 #57AA98

tetradic

#9857AA #AA6E57 #69AA57 #5792AA

square

#9857AA #AA6E57 #69AA57 #5792AA

split-complementary

#9857AA #92AA57 #57AA6E

monochromatic

#502D59 #744282 #9857AA #B180BF #CAA8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#9857AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#9857AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9857AA

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9857AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9857AA	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#496CAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B73A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9857aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 87, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.141 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b888c3',
    500: '#9857aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9857aa;
$custom-light: #b888c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9857aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.988,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56413,
    "c": 0.14125,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9857AA

secondary

#A4C19C

accent

#C95F76

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F8

border

#D0CBD1

text

#120C12

muted

#817D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9857AA

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

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