#9A27AE#9A27AE

#9A27AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.213 H 321.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A27AE
RGB	rgb(154, 39, 174)
HSL	hsl(291, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(291, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 77.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.21, 63.27, -47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.21, 79.18, 323.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.26% 0.1656 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(51.26% 0.213 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6911, 11.3783, 41.0899)
Luminance	0.1138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A27AE #3BAE27

analogous

#5727AE #9A27AE #AE277F

triadic

#9A27AE #AE9A27 #27AE9A

tetradic

#9A27AE #AE5727 #3BAE27 #277FAE

square

#9A27AE #AE5727 #3BAE27 #277FAE

split-complementary

#9A27AE #7FAE27 #27AE57

monochromatic

#42114A #6E1C7C #9A27AE #BE3ED4 #CF70DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#9A27AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#9A27AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A27AE

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A27AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A27AE	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3863AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B436A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a27ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 39, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.213 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc6fc7',
    500: '#9a27ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a27ae;
$custom-light: #bc6fc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a27ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.111,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51259,
    "c": 0.21267,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A27AE

secondary

#78C66B

accent

#E6415A

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#120813

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A27AE

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

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