#9C229B#9C229B

#9C229B is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.203 H 328.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C229B
RGB	rgb(156, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(300, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(300, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 0.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.86, 61.89, -38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.86, 72.81, 328.21°)
OKLab	oklab(50% 0.1733 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(50% 0.203 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1985, 10.5801, 31.9823)
Luminance	0.1058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C229B #229C23

analogous

#60229C #9C229B #9C225E

triadic

#9C229B #9B9C22 #229B9C

tetradic

#9C229B #9C6022 #229C23 #225E9C

square

#9C229B #9C6022 #229C23 #225E9C

split-complementary

#9C229B #5E9C22 #229C60

monochromatic

#380C37 #6A1769 #9C229B #CE2DCD #DC5DDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#9C229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#9C229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C229B

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C229B	1.00	6.74	3.12	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#01519E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1365E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.203 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd6cb9',
    500: '#9c229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c229b;
$custom-light: #bd6cb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.492,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49995,
    "c": 0.20328,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C229B

secondary

#5AC05A

accent

#E74241

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C229B

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

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