#9C21C3#9C21C3

#9C21C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.236 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C21C3
RGB	rgb(156, 33, 195)
HSL	hsl(286, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(286, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 83.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.37, 69.20, -58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.37, 90.36, 319.98°)
OKLab	oklab(52.59% 0.1691 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(52.59% 0.236 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1029, 12.0967, 52.6845)
Luminance	0.1210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C21C3 #48C321

analogous

#4B21C3 #9C21C3 #C32199

triadic

#9C21C3 #C39C21 #21C39C

tetradic

#9C21C3 #C34B21 #48C321 #2199C3

square

#9C21C3 #C34B21 #48C321 #2199C3

split-complementary

#9C21C3 #99C321 #21C34B

monochromatic

#480F5A #72188F #9C21C3 #B942DF #CD77E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#9C21C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#9C21C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C21C3

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C21C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C21C3	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B65C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c21c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 33, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.236 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6ed6',
    500: '#9c21c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c21c3;
$custom-light: #be6ed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c21c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.556,
    "s": 71.053,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52589,
    "c": 0.23563,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C21C3

secondary

#87CF71

accent

#EE3A65

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFA

border

#D1C8D3

text

#130814

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C21C3

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

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