#9A36BD#9A36BD

#9A36BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.210 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A36BD
RGB	rgb(154, 54, 189)
HSL	hsl(284, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(284, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 71.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.04, 60.80, -51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.04, 79.95, 319.51°)
OKLab	oklab(53.58% 0.1502 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(53.58% 0.21 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8295, 13.1834, 49.4237)
Luminance	0.1318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A36BD #59BD36

analogous

#5636BD #9A36BD #BD369D

triadic

#9A36BD #BD9A36 #36BD9A

tetradic

#9A36BD #BD5636 #59BD36 #369DBD

square

#9A36BD #BD5636 #59BD36 #369DBD

split-complementary

#9A36BD #9DBD36 #36BD56

monochromatic

#4C1B5E #73288D #9A36BD #B45FD1 #CA8FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#9A36BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#9A36BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A36BD

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A36BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A36BD	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3468BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a36bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 54, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.210 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc76d2',
    500: '#9a36bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a36bd;
$custom-light: #bc76d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a36bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53576,
    "c": 0.20956,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A36BD

secondary

#97C985

accent

#DF4970

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#120914

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A36BD

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

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