#9B2599#9B2599

#9B2599 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.198 H 328.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B2599
RGB	rgb(155, 37, 153)
HSL	hsl(301, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(301, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 1.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.89, 60.46, -37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.89, 70.95, 328.45°)
OKLab	oklab(49.94% 0.1697 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(49.94% 0.198 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.9287, 10.5931, 31.1259)
Luminance	0.1059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B2599 #259B27

analogous

#62259B #9B2599 #9B255E

triadic

#9B2599 #999B25 #25999B

tetradic

#9B2599 #9B6225 #259B27 #255E9B

square

#9B2599 #9B6225 #259B27 #255E9B

split-complementary

#9B2599 #5E9B25 #259B62

monochromatic

#380D37 #6A1968 #9B2599 #CC31CA #D961D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#9B2599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#9B2599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B2599

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B2599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B2599	1.00	6.73	3.12	6.73
#FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D529C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0375E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b2599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 37, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.198 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc6db7',
    500: '#9b2599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b2599;
$custom-light: #bc6db7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b2599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.017,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49942,
    "c": 0.19838,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B2599

secondary

#5DBF5F

accent

#E54643

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#120811

muted

#817B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B2599

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

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