#9B17B4#9B17B4

#9B17B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.230 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B17B4
RGB	rgb(155, 23, 180)
HSL	hsl(290, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(290, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.37, 68.60, -52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.37, 86.39, 322.57°)
OKLab	oklab(50.83% 0.1767 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(50.83% 0.23 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0612, 10.8778, 44.1088)
Luminance	0.1088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B17B4 #30B417

analogous

#4D17B4 #9B17B4 #B4177E

triadic

#9B17B4 #B49B17 #17B49B

tetradic

#9B17B4 #B44D17 #30B417 #177EB4

square

#9B17B4 #B44D17 #30B417 #177EB4

split-complementary

#9B17B4 #7EB417 #17B44D

monochromatic

#3E0947 #6C107E #9B17B4 #C525E3 #D35BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#9B17B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#9B17B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B17B4

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B17B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B17B4	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B61B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B3F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b17b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 23, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.230 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd6acb',
    500: '#9b17b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b17b4;
$custom-light: #bd6acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b17b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.446,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5083,
    "c": 0.2303,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B17B4

secondary

#6CCE59

accent

#F43452

background

#FCF6FC

surface

#F8ECF9

border

#D1C7D2

text

#130813

muted

#827A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B17B4

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

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