#9B27D0#9B27D0

#9B27D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.241 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B27D0
RGB	rgb(155, 39, 208)
HSL	hsl(281, 68%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(281, 81%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 81.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.72, 69.89, -63.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.72, 94.40, 317.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.8% 0.161 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(53.8% 0.241 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6261, 12.9744, 60.8167)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B27D0 #5CD027

analogous

#4627D0 #9B27D0 #D027B0

triadic

#9B27D0 #D09B27 #27D09B

tetradic

#9B27D0 #D04627 #5CD027 #27B0D0

square

#9B27D0 #D04627 #5CD027 #27B0D0

split-complementary

#9B27D0 #B0D027 #27D046

monochromatic

#4E1469 #751D9C #9B27D0 #B455DF #CB89E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#9B27D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#9B27D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B27D0

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B27D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B27D0	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94537E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b27d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 39, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.241 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be71df',
    500: '#9b27d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b27d0;
$custom-light: #be71df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b27d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.183,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53802,
    "c": 0.24141,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B27D0

secondary

#9AD280

accent

#EB3D73

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFB

border

#D1C8D4

text

#130915

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B27D0

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

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