#9A36BC#9A36BC

#9A36BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.209 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A36BC
RGB	rgb(154, 54, 188)
HSL	hsl(285, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(285, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 71.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.97, 60.60, -51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.97, 79.49, 319.68°)
OKLab	oklab(53.51% 0.1503 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(53.51% 0.209 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7213, 13.1401, 48.8540)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A36BC #58BC36

analogous

#5736BC #9A36BC #BC369B

triadic

#9A36BC #BC9A36 #36BC9A

tetradic

#9A36BC #BC5736 #58BC36 #369BBC

square

#9A36BC #BC5736 #58BC36 #369BBC

split-complementary

#9A36BC #9BBC36 #36BC57

monochromatic

#4C1B5D #73288C #9A36BC #B45ED1 #CA8EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#9A36BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#9A36BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A36BC

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A36BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A36BC	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3568B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a36bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 54, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.209 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc76d1',
    500: '#9a36bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a36bc;
$custom-light: #bc76d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a36bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.776,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5351,
    "c": 0.20864,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A36BC

secondary

#96C985

accent

#DF496F

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#120914

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A36BC

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

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