#9B3196#9B3196

#9B3196 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.182 H 329.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B3196
RGB	rgb(155, 49, 150)
HSL	hsl(303, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(303, 68%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 3.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.19, 55.77, -33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.19, 64.92, 329.21°)
OKLab	oklab(50.83% 0.1577 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(50.83% 0.182 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1208, 11.3687, 29.9829)
Luminance	0.1137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B3196 #319B36

analogous

#6B319B #9B3196 #9B3161

triadic

#9B3196 #969B31 #31969B

tetradic

#9B3196 #9B6B31 #319B36 #31619B

square

#9B3196 #9B6B31 #319B36 #31619B

split-complementary

#9B3196 #619B31 #319B6B

monochromatic

#3E143C #6D2269 #9B3196 #C445BE #D373CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#9B3196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#9B3196 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B3196

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B3196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B3196	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#265599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6493

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A13E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b3196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 49, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.182 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc72b5',
    500: '#9b3196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b3196;
$custom-light: #bc72b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b3196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.83,
    "s": 51.961,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50827,
    "c": 0.18233,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B3196

secondary

#6DBB71

accent

#DB534C

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F7EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#120911

muted

#817B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B3196

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

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