#9B23A9#9B23A9

#9B23A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.213 H 323.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B23A9
RGB	rgb(155, 35, 169)
HSL	hsl(294, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(294, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 79.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.64, 63.77, -45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.64, 78.36, 324.47°)
OKLab	oklab(50.79% 0.1705 -0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(50.79% 0.213 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2794, 11.0365, 38.5379)
Luminance	0.1104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B23A9 #31A923

analogous

#5823A9 #9B23A9 #A92374

triadic

#9B23A9 #A99B23 #23A99B

tetradic

#9B23A9 #A95823 #31A923 #2374A9

square

#9B23A9 #A95823 #31A923 #2374A9

split-complementary

#9B23A9 #74A923 #23A958

monochromatic

#3E0E44 #6C1976 #9B23A9 #C434D5 #D367DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#9B23A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#9B23A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B23A9

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B23A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B23A9	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B62A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D3E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b23a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 35, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.213 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd6dc3',
    500: '#9b23a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b23a9;
$custom-light: #bd6dc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b23a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.731,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50787,
    "c": 0.21278,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B23A9

secondary

#6DC563

accent

#E93F51

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#120812

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B23A9

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

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