#9B228B#9B228B

#9B228B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.191 H 334.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B228B
RGB	rgb(155, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(308, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(308, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 10.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.80, 59.15, -30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.80, 66.46, 332.89°)
OKLab	oklab(48.92% 0.172 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(48.92% 0.191 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7500, 9.9784, 25.3596)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B228B #229B32

analogous

#6F229B #9B228B #9B224F

triadic

#9B228B #8B9B22 #228B9B

tetradic

#9B228B #9B6F22 #229B32 #224F9B

square

#9B228B #9B6F22 #229B32 #224F9B

split-complementary

#9B228B #4F9B22 #229B6F

monochromatic

#370C31 #69175E #9B228B #CD2DB8 #DB5CCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#9B228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#9B228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B228B

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B228B	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F4E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A32E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.191 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc6cad',
    500: '#9b228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b228b;
$custom-light: #bc6cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.934,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48919,
    "c": 0.19097,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B228B

secondary

#59C067

accent

#E75741

background

#FCF6FA

surface

#F8ECF4

border

#D1C7CE

text

#120810

muted

#817A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B228B

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

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