#9B228A#9B228A

#9B228A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.190 H 334.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B228A
RGB	rgb(155, 34, 138)
HSL	hsl(308, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(308, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.75, 59.00, -29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.75, 66.08, 333.24°)
OKLab	oklab(48.86% 0.1719 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(48.86% 0.19 334.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6773, 9.9493, 24.9766)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B228A #229B33

analogous

#70229B #9B228A #9B224D

triadic

#9B228A #8A9B22 #228A9B

tetradic

#9B228A #9B7022 #229B33 #224D9B

square

#9B228A #9B7022 #229B33 #224D9B

split-complementary

#9B228A #4D9B22 #229B70

monochromatic

#370C31 #69175D #9B228A #CD2DB7 #DB5CC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#9B228A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#9B228A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B228A

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B228A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B228A	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#204E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5F87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A32D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b228a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 34, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.190 334.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc6cac',
    500: '#9b228a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b228a;
$custom-light: #bc6cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b228a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.43,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48864,
    "c": 0.19026,
    "h": 334.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B228A

secondary

#59C067

accent

#E75841

background

#FCF6FA

surface

#F8ECF4

border

#D1C7CE

text

#120810

muted

#817A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B228A

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

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