#9C18B4#9C18B4

#9C18B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.230 H 320.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C18B4
RGB	rgb(156, 24, 180)
HSL	hsl(291, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(291, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 86.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.61, 68.57, -52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.61, 86.13, 322.76°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% 0.1774 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.23 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2742, 11.0177, 44.1246)
Luminance	0.1102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C18B4 #30B418

analogous

#4E18B4 #9C18B4 #B4187E

triadic

#9C18B4 #B49C18 #18B49C

tetradic

#9C18B4 #B44E18 #30B418 #187EB4

square

#9C18B4 #B44E18 #30B418 #187EB4

split-complementary

#9C18B4 #7EB418 #18B44E

monochromatic

#3E0A48 #6D117E #9C18B4 #C527E2 #D45DE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#9C18B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#9C18B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C18B4

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C18B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C18B4	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D62B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D3F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c18b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 24, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.230 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6bcb',
    500: '#9c18b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c18b4;
$custom-light: #be6bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c18b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51027,
    "c": 0.23003,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C18B4

secondary

#6CCD5B

accent

#F33552

background

#FCF6FC

surface

#F8ECF9

border

#D1C7D2

text

#130813

muted

#827A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C18B4

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

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