#9C17B4#9C17B4

#9C17B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.231 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C17B4
RGB	rgb(156, 23, 180)
HSL	hsl(291, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(291, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.54, 68.77, -52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.54, 86.35, 322.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.98% 0.1779 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(50.98% 0.231 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2539, 10.9772, 44.1178)
Luminance	0.1098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C17B4 #2FB417

analogous

#4E17B4 #9C17B4 #B4177E

triadic

#9C17B4 #B49C17 #17B49C

tetradic

#9C17B4 #B44E17 #2FB417 #177EB4

square

#9C17B4 #B44E17 #2FB417 #177EB4

split-complementary

#9C17B4 #7EB417 #17B44E

monochromatic

#3E0947 #6D107E #9C17B4 #C625E3 #D45BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#9C17B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#9C17B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C17B4

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C17B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C17B4	1.00	6.57	3.20	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C61B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D3F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c17b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 23, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.231 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6acb',
    500: '#9c17b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c17b4;
$custom-light: #be6acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c17b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.828,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5098,
    "c": 0.23065,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C17B4

secondary

#6BCE59

accent

#F43451

background

#FCF6FC

surface

#F8ECF9

border

#D1C7D2

text

#130813

muted

#827A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C17B4

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

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