#9A36CD#9A36CD

#9A36CD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.224 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A36CD
RGB	rgb(154, 54, 205)
HSL	hsl(280, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(280, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 73.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.11, 64.06, -59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.11, 87.42, 317.12°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% 0.1481 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.224 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6630, 13.9168, 59.0801)
Luminance	0.1392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A36CD #69CD36

analogous

#4E36CD #9A36CD #CD36B4

triadic

#9A36CD #CD9A36 #36CD9A

tetradic

#9A36CD #CD4E36 #69CD36 #36B4CD

square

#9A36CD #CD4E36 #69CD36 #36B4CD

split-complementary

#9A36CD #B4CD36 #36CD4E

monochromatic

#521B6D #76279E #9A36CD #B367D9 #CB98E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#9A36CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#9A36CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A36CD

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A36CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A36CD	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B6ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93597F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a36cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 54, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.224 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd77dd',
    500: '#9a36cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a36cd;
$custom-light: #bd77dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a36cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.735,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54681,
    "c": 0.22423,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A36CD

secondary

#A5D18E

accent

#E3447A

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130915

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A36CD

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

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