#9B3B97#9B3B97

#9B3B97 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.170 H 329.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B3B97
RGB	rgb(155, 59, 151)
HSL	hsl(303, 45%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(303, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 2.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.74, 51.79, -31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.74, 60.57, 328.77°)
OKLab	oklab(51.96% 0.1459 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(51.96% 0.17 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6673, 12.3323, 30.5640)
Luminance	0.1233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B3B97 #3B9B3F

analogous

#6F3B9B #9B3B97 #9B3B67

triadic

#9B3B97 #979B3B #3B979B

tetradic

#9B3B97 #9B6F3B #3B9B3F #3B679B

square

#9B3B97 #9B6F3B #3B9B3F #3B679B

split-complementary

#9B3B97 #679B3B #3B9B6F

monochromatic

#421941 #6F2A6C #9B3B97 #BE55BA #CF81CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#9B3B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#9B3B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B3B97

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B3B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B3B97	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#335A9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536794

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A04663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b3b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 59, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.170 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb77b6',
    500: '#9b3b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b3b97;
$custom-light: #bb77b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b3b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.5,
    "s": 44.86,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51964,
    "c": 0.16953,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B3B97

secondary

#79B97C

accent

#D55953

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F7EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#120911

muted

#817B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B3B97

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

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