#9B23A6#9B23A6

#9B23A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.210 H 324.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B23A6
RGB	rgb(155, 35, 166)
HSL	hsl(295, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(295, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 78.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.45, 63.25, -44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.45, 77.07, 325.15°)
OKLab	oklab(50.59% 0.1708 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(50.59% 0.21 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0010, 10.9252, 37.0716)
Luminance	0.1092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B23A6 #2EA623

analogous

#5A23A6 #9B23A6 #A62370

triadic

#9B23A6 #A69B23 #23A69B

tetradic

#9B23A6 #A65A23 #2EA623 #2370A6

square

#9B23A6 #A65A23 #2EA623 #2370A6

split-complementary

#9B23A6 #70A623 #23A65A

monochromatic

#3D0E41 #6C1873 #9B23A6 #C632D4 #D465DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#9B23A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#9B23A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B23A6

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B23A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B23A6	1.00	6.59	3.18	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E62A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E3D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b23a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 35, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.210 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc6dc1',
    500: '#9b23a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b23a6;
$custom-light: #bc6dc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b23a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.962,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50594,
    "c": 0.21041,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B23A6

secondary

#69C461

accent

#E8404E

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#120812

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B23A6

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

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