#9B398B#9B398B

#9B398B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.163 H 334.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B398B
RGB	rgb(155, 57, 139)
HSL	hsl(310, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(310, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 10.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.83, 50.64, -25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.83, 56.71, 333.23°)
OKLab	oklab(51.11% 0.1469 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(51.11% 0.163 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6410, 11.7604, 25.6566)
Luminance	0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B398B #399B49

analogous

#7A399B #9B398B #9B395A

triadic

#9B398B #8B9B39 #398B9B

tetradic

#9B398B #9B7A39 #399B49 #395A9B

square

#9B398B #9B7A39 #399B49 #395A9B

split-complementary

#9B398B #5A9B39 #399B7A

monochromatic

#42183B #6E2963 #9B398B #BF52AD #D07FC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#9B398B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#9B398B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B398B

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B398B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B398B	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38578D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2405D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b398b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 57, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.163 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb76ad',
    500: '#9b398b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b398b;
$custom-light: #bb76ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b398b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.796,
    "s": 46.226,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51112,
    "c": 0.16258,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B398B

secondary

#77B981

accent

#D66752

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F7EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#120910

muted

#817B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B398B

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

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