#9C1999#9C1999

#9C1999 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.209 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9C1999
RGBrgb(156, 25, 153)
HSLhsl(301, 72%, 35%)
HSVhsv(301, 84%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 84%, 1.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LABlab(37.96, 63.86, -38.58)
CIE-LCHlch(37.96, 74.61, 328.86°)
OKLaboklab(49.31% 0.1798 -0.1069)
OKLCHoklch(49.31% 0.209 329.3)
XYZxyz(19.8076, 10.0647, 31.0303)
Luminance0.1006 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9C1999 #199C1C
analogous
#5D199C #9C1999 #9C1957
triadic
#9C1999 #999C19 #19999C
tetradic
#9C1999 #9C5D19 #199C1C #19579C
square
#9C1999 #9C5D19 #199C1C #19579C
split-complementary
#9C1999 #579C19 #199C5D
monochromatic
#330832 #671165 #9C1999 #D121CD #E24DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97
#9C1999 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01
#9C1999 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C1999
6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9C1999#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##9C19991.006.973.016.97
#FFFFFF6.971.0021.001.00
#0000003.0121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.971.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#004F9C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#445F96
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A2305B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9c1999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 25, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.209 329.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd69b7',
    500: '#9c1999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9c1999;
$custom-light: #bd69b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9c1999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.374,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49314,
    "c": 0.20923,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9C1999
secondary
#4CC44F
accent
#EF3D39
background
#FCF6FB
surface
#F8ECF6
border
#D1C7D0
text
#130711
muted
#827A80

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#9C1999 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva