#9B4E99#9B4E99

#9B4E99 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.141 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B4E99
RGB	rgb(155, 78, 153)
HSL	hsl(302, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(302, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 1.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.25, 42.96, -27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.25, 50.80, 327.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.57% 0.1201 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(54.57% 0.141 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9914, 14.7185, 31.8134)
Luminance	0.1472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B4E99 #4E9B50

analogous

#764E9B #9B4E99 #9B4E72

triadic

#9B4E99 #999B4E #4E999B

tetradic

#9B4E99 #9B764E #4E9B50 #4E729B

square

#9B4E99 #9B764E #4E9B50 #4E729B

split-complementary

#9B4E99 #729B4E #4E9B76

monochromatic

#4A2549 #723A71 #9B4E99 #B76FB5 #CB98CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#9B4E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#9B4E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B4E99

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B4E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B4E99	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48659C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F566C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b4e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 78, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.141 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba83b7',
    500: '#9b4e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b4e99;
$custom-light: #ba83b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b4e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.558,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54571,
    "c": 0.14117,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B4E99

secondary

#8DB88E

accent

#C9615F

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6EFF6

border

#D0CAD0

text

#120B11

muted

#817C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B4E99

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

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