#9B27A6#9B27A6

#9B27A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.207 H 324.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B27A6
RGB	rgb(155, 39, 166)
HSL	hsl(295, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(295, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 76.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.87, 62.04, -43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.87, 75.70, 325.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.89% 0.1674 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(50.89% 0.207 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1254, 11.1741, 37.1131)
Luminance	0.1117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B27A6 #32A627

analogous

#5B27A6 #9B27A6 #A62772

triadic

#9B27A6 #A69B27 #27A69B

tetradic

#9B27A6 #A65B27 #32A627 #2772A6

square

#9B27A6 #A65B27 #32A627 #2772A6

split-complementary

#9B27A6 #72A627 #27A65B

monochromatic

#3E1043 #6D1B74 #9B27A6 #C43AD1 #D26BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#9B27A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#9B27A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B27A6

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B27A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B27A6	1.00	6.49	3.23	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4063A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E3F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b27a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 39, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.207 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc6fc1',
    500: '#9b27a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b27a6;
$custom-light: #bc6fc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b27a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.803,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50891,
    "c": 0.2066,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B27A6

secondary

#6EC366

accent

#E54351

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#120812

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B27A6

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

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