#9A23B2#9A23B2

#9A23B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.220 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A23B2
RGB	rgb(154, 35, 178)
HSL	hsl(290, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(290, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 80.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.06, 65.18, -50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.06, 82.29, 322.38°)
OKLab	oklab(51.24% 0.1683 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(51.24% 0.22 320)
XYZ	xyz(21.9623, 11.2876, 43.1327)
Luminance	0.1129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A23B2 #3BB223

analogous

#5323B2 #9A23B2 #B22383

triadic

#9A23B2 #B29A23 #23B29A

tetradic

#9A23B2 #B25323 #3BB223 #2383B2

square

#9A23B2 #B25323 #3BB223 #2383B2

split-complementary

#9A23B2 #83B223 #23B253

monochromatic

#420F4C #6E197F #9A23B2 #BE3AD8 #CF6DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#9A23B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#9A23B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A23B2

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A23B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A23B2	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3262AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A436B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a23b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 35, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.220 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc6eca',
    500: '#9a23b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a23b2;
$custom-light: #bc6eca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a23b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.93,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51237,
    "c": 0.21958,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.11286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A23B2

secondary

#78C968

accent

#EA3E5B

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#120813

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A23B2

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

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