#9B4EAE#9B4EAE

#9B4EAE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.162 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9B4EAE
RGBrgb(155, 78, 174)
HSLhsl(288, 38%, 49%)
HSVhsv(288, 55%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(10.9%, 55.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(46.28, 47.07, -37.94)
CIE-LCHlch(46.28, 60.46, 321.13°)
OKLaboklab(55.67% 0.1229 -0.1055)
OKLCHoklch(55.67% 0.162 319.4)
XYZxyz(23.8810, 15.4743, 41.7651)
Luminance0.1547 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9B4EAE #61AE4E
analogous
#6B4EAE #9B4EAE #AE4E91
triadic
#9B4EAE #AE9B4E #4EAE9B
tetradic
#9B4EAE #AE6B4E #61AE4E #4E91AE
square
#9B4EAE #AE6B4E #61AE4E #4E91AE
split-complementary
#9B4EAE #91AE4E #4EAE6B
monochromatic
#502859 #753B84 #9B4EAE #B377C2 #CBA1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13
#9B4EAE on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09
#9B4EAE on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B4EAE
5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9B4EAE#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##9B4EAE1.005.134.095.13
#FFFFFF5.131.0021.001.00
#0000004.0921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.131.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3B68B1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5470AB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9B5C77
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9b4eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 78, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.162 319.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb83c6',
    500: '#9b4eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9b4eae;
$custom-light: #bb83c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9b4eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.125,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55667,
    "c": 0.16191,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9B4EAE
secondary
#9FC296
accent
#CE5A71
background
#FBF8FC
surface
#F7EFF8
border
#D0CAD1
text
#120B13
muted
#817C82

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#9B4EAE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva