#9B3BC8#9B3BC8

#9B3BC8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.214 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B3BC8
RGB	rgb(155, 59, 200)
HSL	hsl(281, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(281, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 70.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.61, 61.23, -55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.61, 82.83, 317.67°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% 0.1452 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.214 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5050, 14.2674, 56.0427)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B3BC8 #68C83B

analogous

#543BC8 #9B3BC8 #C83BAE

triadic

#9B3BC8 #C89B3B #3BC89B

tetradic

#9B3BC8 #C8543B #68C83B #3BAEC8

square

#9B3BC8 #C8543B #68C83B #3BAEC8

split-complementary

#9B3BC8 #AEC83B #3BC854

monochromatic

#521E6B #772B9A #9B3BC8 #B36BD5 #CC9BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#9B3BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#9B3BC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B3BC8

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B3BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B3BC8	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D6CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96597E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b3bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 59, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.214 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd79d9',
    500: '#9b3bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b3bc8;
$custom-light: #bd79d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b3bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.851,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54958,
    "c": 0.21421,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B3BC8

secondary

#A4CF90

accent

#DF4879

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B3BC8

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

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