#9B36AE#9B36AE

#9B36AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.196 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B36AE
RGB	rgb(155, 54, 174)
HSL	hsl(291, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(291, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 69%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.25, 58.10, -44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.25, 73.09, 322.65°)
OKLab	oklab(52.75% 0.1524 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(52.75% 0.196 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4758, 12.6640, 41.2967)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B36AE #49AE36

analogous

#5F36AE #9B36AE #AE3685

triadic

#9B36AE #AE9B36 #36AE9B

tetradic

#9B36AE #AE5F36 #49AE36 #3685AE

square

#9B36AE #AE5F36 #49AE36 #3685AE

split-complementary

#9B36AE #85AE36 #36AE5F

monochromatic

#481951 #71287F #9B36AE #B856CB #CC85D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#9B36AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#9B36AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B36AE

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B36AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B36AE	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#075DB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4367AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C4B6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b36ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 54, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.196 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc76c7',
    500: '#9b36ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b36ae;
$custom-light: #bc76c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b36ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52746,
    "c": 0.19644,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B36AE

secondary

#88C37D

accent

#DC4C63

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#120913

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B36AE

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

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