#9B228D#9B228D

#9B228D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.192 H 333.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B228D
RGB	rgb(155, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(307, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(307, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.91, 59.46, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.91, 67.22, 332.20°)
OKLab	oklab(49.03% 0.1721 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(49.03% 0.192 333.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.8975, 10.0374, 26.1363)
Luminance	0.1004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B228D #229B30

analogous

#6D229B #9B228D #9B2251

triadic

#9B228D #8D9B22 #228D9B

tetradic

#9B228D #9B6D22 #229B30 #22519B

square

#9B228D #9B6D22 #229B30 #22519B

split-complementary

#9B228D #519B22 #229B6D

monochromatic

#370C32 #69175F #9B228D #CD2DBB #DB5CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.98

#9B228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#9B228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B228D

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B228D	1.00	6.98	3.01	6.98
#FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D4E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A22F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.192 333.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc6caf',
    500: '#9b228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b228d;
$custom-light: #bc6caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.942,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49029,
    "c": 0.19241,
    "h": 333.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B228D

secondary

#59C065

accent

#E75441

background

#FCF6FA

surface

#F8ECF4

border

#D1C7CE

text

#120810

muted

#817A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B228D

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

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