#9B398E#9B398E

#9B398E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.165 H 333.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B398E
RGB	rgb(155, 57, 142)
HSL	hsl(308, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(308, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 8.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.98, 51.13, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.98, 57.89, 332.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.26% 0.1474 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(51.26% 0.165 333.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8632, 11.8493, 26.8269)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B398E #399B46

analogous

#77399B #9B398E #9B395D

triadic

#9B398E #8E9B39 #398E9B

tetradic

#9B398E #9B7739 #399B46 #395D9B

square

#9B398E #9B7739 #399B46 #395D9B

split-complementary

#9B398E #5D9B39 #399B77

monochromatic

#42183C #6E2965 #9B398E #BF52B1 #D07FC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#9B398E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#9B398E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B398E

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B398E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B398E	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#375891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56668B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2415E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b398e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 57, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.165 333.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb76af',
    500: '#9b398e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b398e;
$custom-light: #bb76af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b398e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.959,
    "s": 46.226,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51263,
    "c": 0.16497,
    "h": 333.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B398E

secondary

#77B97F

accent

#D66352

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F7EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#120910

muted

#817B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B398E

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

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