#9B5397#9B5397

#9B5397 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.131 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5397
RGB	rgb(155, 83, 151)
HSL	hsl(303, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(303, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.5%, 2.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.16, 39.95, -24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.16, 46.87, 328.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% 0.1122 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.131 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1964, 15.3906, 31.0737)
Luminance	0.1539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5397 #539B57

analogous

#7B539B #9B5397 #9B5373

triadic

#9B5397 #979B53 #53979B

tetradic

#9B5397 #9B7B53 #539B57 #53739B

square

#9B5397 #9B7B53 #539B57 #53739B

split-complementary

#9B5397 #739B53 #539B7B

monochromatic

#4B2849 #733E70 #9B5397 #B576B2 #CB9EC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#9B5397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#9B5397 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B5397

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B5397	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F6799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0596E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 83, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.131 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba86b6',
    500: '#9b5397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5397;
$custom-light: #ba86b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.333,
    "s": 30.252,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55224,
    "c": 0.1306,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5397

secondary

#92B894

accent

#C66761

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6EFF6

border

#D0CAD0

text

#120B11

muted

#817C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5397

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

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