#9B5697#9B5697

#9B5697 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.125 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5697
RGB	rgb(155, 86, 151)
HSL	hsl(303, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(303, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.5%, 2.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 38.34, -23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 44.98, 328.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% 0.1076 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.125 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4310, 15.8597, 31.1519)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5697 #569B5A

analogous

#7C569B #9B5697 #9B5675

triadic

#9B5697 #979B56 #56979B

tetradic

#9B5697 #9B7C56 #569B5A #56759B

square

#9B5697 #9B7C56 #569B5A #56759B

split-complementary

#9B5697 #759B56 #569B7C

monochromatic

#4C2A4A #744071 #9B5697 #B579B1 #CBA1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#9B5697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#9B5697 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B5697

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B5697	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#526999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F5C6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 86, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.125 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba88b5',
    500: '#9b5697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5697;
$custom-light: #ba88b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.478,
    "s": 28.631,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5569,
    "c": 0.12529,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5697

secondary

#95B897

accent

#C56963

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6F0F6

border

#D0CBD0

text

#120B11

muted

#817C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5697

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

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