#9B27AE#9B27AE

#9B27AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.213 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B27AE
RGB	rgb(155, 39, 174)
HSL	hsl(292, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(292, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 77.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.37, 63.46, -47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.37, 79.18, 323.28°)
OKLab	oklab(51.41% 0.1668 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(51.41% 0.213 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8822, 11.4768, 41.0988)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B27AE #3AAE27

analogous

#5827AE #9B27AE #AE277D

triadic

#9B27AE #AE9B27 #27AE9B

tetradic

#9B27AE #AE5827 #3AAE27 #277DAE

square

#9B27AE #AE5827 #3AAE27 #277DAE

split-complementary

#9B27AE #7DAE27 #27AE58

monochromatic

#42114A #6E1C7C #9B27AE #BF3ED4 #CF70DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#9B27AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#9B27AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B27AE

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B27AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B27AE	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3963AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C436A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b27ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 39, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.213 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd6fc7',
    500: '#9b27ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b27ae;
$custom-light: #bd6fc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b27ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51406,
    "c": 0.21308,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B27AE

secondary

#78C66B

accent

#E64159

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#120813

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B27AE

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

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