#9A159E#9A159E

#9A159E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.215 H 326.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A159E
RGB	rgb(154, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(298, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(298, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.62, 65.11, -42.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.62, 77.58, 327.07°)
OKLab	oklab(49.11% 0.1798 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(49.11% 0.215 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7658, 9.8764, 33.2064)
Luminance	0.0988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A159E #199E15

analogous

#55159E #9A159E #9E155E

triadic

#9A159E #9E9A15 #159E9A

tetradic

#9A159E #9E5515 #199E15 #155E9E

square

#9A159E #9E5515 #199E15 #155E9E

split-complementary

#9A159E #5E9E15 #159E55

monochromatic

#310732 #650E68 #9A159E #CF1CD4 #E247E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#9A159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#9A159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A159E

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A159E	1.00	7.06	2.97	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E325D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.215 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc68bb',
    500: '#9a159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a159e;
$custom-light: #bc68bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.248,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49106,
    "c": 0.21471,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A159E

secondary

#4BC747

accent

#F3353A

background

#FCF6FB

surface

#F8ECF6

border

#D1C7D0

text

#120712

muted

#817A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A159E

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

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