#9B279E#9B279E

#9B279E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.200 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B279E
RGB	rgb(155, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(298, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(298, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.39, 60.67, -39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.39, 72.30, 327.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.4% 0.1678 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(50.4% 0.2 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4143, 10.8897, 33.3678)
Luminance	0.1089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B279E #2A9E27

analogous

#5F279E #9B279E #9E2765

triadic

#9B279E #9E9B27 #279E9B

tetradic

#9B279E #9E5F27 #2A9E27 #27659E

square

#9B279E #9E5F27 #2A9E27 #27659E

split-complementary

#9B279E #659E27 #279E5F

monochromatic

#3B0F3C #6B1B6D #9B279E #C935CD #D666D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#9B279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#9B279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B279E

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B279E	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0453A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45629B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F3B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.200 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc6ebb',
    500: '#9b279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b279e;
$custom-light: #bc6ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.487,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50397,
    "c": 0.20023,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B279E

secondary

#64BF62

accent

#E44448

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#120812

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B279E

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

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