#9B23CA#9B23CA

#9B23CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.240 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B23CA
RGB	rgb(155, 35, 202)
HSL	hsl(283, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(283, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 82.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.90, 69.83, -61.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.90, 92.94, 318.71°)
OKLab	oklab(53.09% 0.165 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(53.09% 0.24 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7774, 12.4357, 56.9608)
Luminance	0.1244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B23CA #52CA23

analogous

#4823CA #9B23CA #CA23A6

triadic

#9B23CA #CA9B23 #23CA9B

tetradic

#9B23CA #CA4823 #52CA23 #23A6CA

square

#9B23CA #CA4823 #52CA23 #23A6CA

split-complementary

#9B23CA #A6CA23 #23CA48

monochromatic

#4B1162 #731A96 #9B23CA #B64AE0 #CB7FE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#9B23CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#9B23CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B23CA

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B23CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B23CA	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0165C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#964E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b23ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 35, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.240 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6fdb',
    500: '#9b23ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b23ca;
$custom-light: #be6fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b23ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.114,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53088,
    "c": 0.23954,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B23CA

secondary

#91D178

accent

#ED3B6D

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFB

border

#D1C8D4

text

#130815

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B23CA

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

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