#9B23B1#9B23B1

#9B23B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.219 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B23B1
RGB	rgb(155, 35, 177)
HSL	hsl(291, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(291, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 80.2%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.16, 65.19, -49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.16, 81.83, 322.80°)
OKLab	oklab(51.32% 0.1696 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(51.32% 0.219 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0535, 11.3462, 42.6149)
Luminance	0.1134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B23B1 #39B123

analogous

#5423B1 #9B23B1 #B12380

triadic

#9B23B1 #B19B23 #23B19B

tetradic

#9B23B1 #B15423 #39B123 #2380B1

square

#9B23B1 #B15423 #39B123 #2380B1

split-complementary

#9B23B1 #80B123 #23B154

monochromatic

#420F4B #6E197E #9B23B1 #BF39D8 #D06CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#9B23B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#9B23B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B23B1

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B23B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B23B1	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3463AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C426B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b23b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 35, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.219 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd6ec9',
    500: '#9b23b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b23b1;
$custom-light: #bd6ec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b23b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.704,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51316,
    "c": 0.21915,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B23B1

secondary

#77C868

accent

#EA3E59

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130813

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B23B1

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

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