#9B3199#9B3199

#9B3199 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.185 H 328.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B3199
RGB	rgb(155, 49, 153)
HSL	hsl(301, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(301, 68%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 1.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.36, 56.28, -34.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.36, 66.17, 328.28°)
OKLab	oklab(51% 0.1578 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(51% 0.185 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3654, 11.4665, 31.2714)
Luminance	0.1147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B3199 #319B33

analogous

#68319B #9B3199 #9B3164

triadic

#9B3199 #999B31 #31999B

tetradic

#9B3199 #9B6831 #319B33 #31649B

square

#9B3199 #9B6831 #319B33 #31649B

split-complementary

#9B3199 #649B31 #319B68

monochromatic

#3E143D #6D226B #9B3199 #C445C2 #D373D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#9B3199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#9B3199 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B3199

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B3199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B3199	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23569C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A03F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b3199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 49, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.185 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc72b7',
    500: '#9b3199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b3199;
$custom-light: #bc72b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b3199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.132,
    "s": 51.961,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50995,
    "c": 0.18477,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B3199

secondary

#6DBB6E

accent

#DB4F4C

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F7EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#120911

muted

#817B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B3199

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

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